Finally, maybe we'll get a good battery technology after all.

The folks at MIT have figured out how to make "ultra" capacitors (which just sounds to me like "extra-spiffy" capacitors) small enough to be a replacement for chemical batteries. Imagine a battery with a lifetime of a decade or more that has enough zap to start your car. Small enough, with a capacitor's ability to discharge, and you're also talking a practical self-defense tool too. Pulse-discharge bullets, anyone? :o)

Good article on Iran

This article about Iran is dated, but very worthwhile reading. If we could only whack the Basij and the Mullahs....