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What’s in a name … and what isn’t? John Maynard Keynes
5 September 2011 – 18:20 | No Comment

David M. Brinley for The Washington Post
What does it mean to be Keynesian? It was the British economist John Maynard Keynes who declared that when, like today, economic growth grinds to a standstill and businesses …

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The rise and fall of quicksand
23 August 2010 – 22:46 | No Comment
The rise and fall of quicksand

By Daniel Engber

The fourth-graders were unanimous: Quicksand doesn’t scare them, not one bit. If you’re a 9- or 10-year-old at the P.S. 29 elementary school in Brooklyn, N.Y., you’ve got more pressing concerns: …

Vi downloader bunker af ulovlige film
28 January 2010 – 14:52 | No Comment

Hver sjette dansker henter jævnligt film på nettet – ulovligt.
Af Jakob Sheikh.

Vi er tilsyneladende vilde med at downloade ulovlige film. Danskerne forbruger millioner af ulovlige film hvert eneste år. Faktisk downloader hver sjette dansker mellem …

Ten ways space travel isn’t like television or the movies
13 January 2010 – 15:08 | No Comment
Ten ways space travel isn’t like television or the movies

10. There is no sound in space (rumbling engines, electronic beeping, laser blasts, etc.)

You’ve probably heard this fact stated before by your high school science teacher or some killjoy walking out of a movie theater: …

Post-apocalyptic vehicles
19 June 2009 – 12:59 | No Comment
Post-apocalyptic vehicles

The Telegraph’s take on the ten best Post-apocalyptic vehicles in the movies.

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Pigen der legede med ilden – Trailere – Filmz
13 May 2009 – 12:44 | No Comment

Teaser trailer til næste film i Millenium-trilogien om Salander og Blomkvist; premiere den 18. september 2009. Den sidste film, “Luftkastellet der blev sprængt”, i trilogien får premiere 27. november.
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