China Turns To More Modern Architecture

Most of the buildings in Tiananmen Square, beneath the famous portrait of Mao Zedong, are monumental structures, with rigid lines and large columns. They look dynastic, part of post-revolutionary Communist China.

China denies Olympic ban on drug sales

China denied on Friday that pharmacies had banned the sale of everyday products such as cold medication and rash cream to prevent accidental doping during the Olympics, and sought to assure that drugs would meet standards.

China anti-terror manual to enlist Beijing residents

Having deployed surface-to-air missiles, readied a 100,000-strong anti-terrorism force and instituted a series of security checkpoints, Beijing is adding Chinese residents as another layer in its shield to protect Olympics venues against possible attack.

Texas OKs lots more wind power

Texas officials gave the go-ahead Thursday to the nation’s largest wind-power project, a plan to build billions of dollars worth of new transmission lines to bring pollution-free energy from gusty West Texas to urban areas.

Dancefloor generates electricity at London’s first eco-disco!

Sustainability got sexier last week as Coldcut and Jade Jagger hosted the opening of Surya in King’s Cross. The Club4Climate project is London’s first taste of eco-friendly clubbing, making clubbers happy in the knowledge that …

Entertainment Weekly goes Comic-Con Crazy! Here’s your first look at their Watchmen Cover!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. The good folks at Entertainment Weekly asked if we wanted to premiere their brand spankin’ new cover for their upcoming Comic-Con issue hitting stands this weekend. When they said it featured new looks at the Watchmen…

Heavy metal monk in second album

At first glance, Cesare Bonizzi looks like the archetypal Capuchin monk - round-faced, stout, with twinkling eyes and a long flowing white beard. But beneath his robes beats a heart of metal.