HYDROGEN CARS, YES: Hydrogen economy, not so much.

IT’S A DANGEROUS WORLD out there.

LOOKING AT HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES: These played the key role in Greg Bear’s rather good science fiction chiller, Darwin’s Radio. In this context, things are more benign.

“PUSH PRESENTS?” Er, okaaay.

THE GOOGLE MOON RACE IS ON.

MORE ON NBC.

THIS IS COOL: Nanorobot for drug delivery and diagnosis. Bring it on!

Plus, making nanotubes with bacteria.

HOLLYWOOD SCORES AGAIN: Golden Compass disappoints at box office. I’ve heard it’s okay, but nothing special.

IT’S PRETEND TO BE A TIME TRAVELER DAY. I like this tip: “Stand in front of a statue (any statue, really), fall to your knees, and yell ‘NOOOOOOOOO!'”

ED MORRISSEY IS even more unhappy with the CIA.

BANGALORE nanotechnology.

THE AUDACITY OF OPRAH.

FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH: I don’t know this blogger, but here’s a post containing what’s said to be a firsthand report from the Omaha mall shootings by someone who saw the shooter but escaped.

A LOOK AT ESPRESSO-DRINKING AND HEART HEALTH: It’s good news. (Via Frank Wilson).

CAN YOU AFFORD TO BE a stay at home mom?

AVIAN FLU UPDATE: Worries about potential human-to-human transmission in China.

CLOSER INSPECTION reveals more Huckabee problems. I liked him when we talked to him, but I don’t think he’s ready to be a frontrunner.

JESSE WALKER READS THE NATION and declares Marxism dead.

WE’RE EMBARRASSINGLY BEHIND NIGERIA on the cellphone front:

OK, I’m something of a tech junkie. As such, I’ve been particularly pleased to see the communications revolution taking hold in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa. Back in the early ’90’s when I was doing my fieldwork, calling home to the US was a big deal. I had to schedule a call a day or two in advance with NITEL (Nigerian Telephone and Telegraph, the State Monopoly), and then I would pay $6 a minute for the call.

Now, however, cell phones have smashed NITEL’s monopoly, and in many ways, Nigerians have access to better communications technology than most Americans, since their phones are all “unlocked.” One of my Nigerian brother-in-laws was shocked to hear that I didn’t have wi-fi internet access on my cell phone. “Hot spots are everywhere here now… so I never pay for international calls anymore.” As a result, I get calls from Nigeria all the time (occasionally even during class… always a hoot for my students here in Kentucky).

Plus, how this is impacting academia.

EXPLAINING THE FUNCTION OF QUOTATION MARKS.

SOME RECOMMENDED gifts for moms.

A LOOK AT CHINA’S “suffocating” air pollution.

ANOTHER PRO-SURGE CONVERT:

There are two stories here: 1) A formerly anti-war general flips on supporting the war, and now believes Petraeus has the right strategy; and 2) Batiste has left VoteVets.org, and the antiwar movement, and joined up with the pro-troop, pro-surge, pro-victory Vets for Freedom.

I wonder if this will get the attention it deserves.

MARK HALPERIN: The McCain scenario.

COMING SOON TO A JURISDICTION NEAR YOU: More on libel tourism, from Roger Kimball.