gleans at 6:05 AM MT, 09/29

 

'Your chihuahua or your life,' says Aussie robber

Lebanon police chief issues unusual order to force

Tajikistan says no to beards, yes to galoshes for teachers

 

Researchers: Champagne's aroma comes from bubbles
WASHINGTON - Don Ho was right. It is the tiny bubbles. A team of researchers - in Europe not surprisingly - found that Champagne's bursting bubbles not only tickle the nose, they create a mist that wafts the aroma to the drinker.

 

China finds bird-like dinosaur with four wings

 

The global average temperature could rise by 4C (7.2F) as early as 2060, according to a new study by the UK Met Office.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/8279654.stm

 

US income gap widens as poor take hit in recession

 

 

Search for mom missing after Georgia flooding continues

 

 

 

Twilight of Pax Americana

By Christopher Layne and Benjamin Schwarz

Since the end of WWII, the world has depended on the United States for stability. But with American military and economic dominance waning, capitalism and global security are threatened.

 

A principal cause of U.S. educational failure has been the dominance of a misguided “how-to” theory of language mastery. Schools need to teach commonly shared knowledge... more»

 

To infinity and beyond ... [more]

 

50 years later, Twilight Zone bridges time

 

A twitter tour of Western philosophy ç recommended

 

As the dust settles after London Fashion Week, scientists and designers are working on the fashion of the future, says Raymond Oliver.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/6240633/The-fashion-of-the-future-scientists-usher-in-a-new-age-of-hi-tech-textiles.html

 

Whether we use cars or public transport to get around, we are bombarded with signs telling us what we must and must not to. Some people have decided to fight back.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/6240537/Guerrilla-signs-15-funny-road-and-rail-notices.html

 

Sign Language special: toilet humour

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/6239659/Sign-Language-special-toilet-humour.html

 

Andy Williams, the veteran pop singer, has accused Barack Obama of "following Marxist theory" and "wanting the country to fail".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/6241196/Andy-Williams-accuses-Barack-Obama-of-following-Marxist-theory.html

 

Ian Douglas joined the Telegraph in 1999 when the web was young and simple. Having done most other online jobs, he is now head of digital production. He writes about technology, science, the internet and beekeeping.  http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/iandouglas/100003679/in-technology-rumours-have-their-own-kind-of-truth/

 

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or SETI, is 50 years old this month. We look at 10 memorable events in the search for life on other planets.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6240998/SETI-at-50-10-key-moments-in-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-life.html