Science & Technology - The New American

Scientists Warn: Conscious Killer Robots Could Destroy Humanity

It's a common science fiction theme: the artificially intelligent machine that develops consciousness — without a conscience — and tries to wipe out...

Selwyn Duke December 30, 2017

App Developed by Snowden Detects and Reports Spying

James Donlon December 29, 2017

Edward Snowden has helped develop an app for Android — named Haven — that allows the phone to be used to monitor and...

Obama Fracking Rule to be Overturned by BLM in January

Bob Adelmann December 28, 2017

Production from the Permian Basin, all by itself, is driving another nail into OPEC's coffin. ...

Crude Oil Price Outlook: Back to the ’40s?

Bob Adelmann December 26, 2017

Oil at $45 a barrel next summer would drive gas prices below $2 a gallon, again. ...

Opening ANWR to Energy Development May Be Too Late

Bob Adelmann December 20, 2017

Thanks to the fracking revolution, the opening up of ANWR to energy development is irrelevant. ...

Pentagon Program Investigated “Anomalous Aerospace Threats” — UFOs

Warren Mass December 19, 2017

The Defense Department conducted a program between 2007 and 2012 to study reports of UFOs and videos of encounters with unknown objects taken...

Net Neutrality Is Dead — And Not a Moment Too Soon!

C. Mitchell Shaw December 15, 2017

Net Neutrality is dead. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3-2 Thursday to dismantle the scheme. And while its supporters are busily running...

Scientific Experts Critical of New Research Claiming Link Between DNA, Sexual Orientation

Dave Bohon December 11, 2017

Researchers claim they have found a link between genetic make-up and sexual orientation, but scientific experts have pointed out major flaws. ...

Bill Gates, Other Elites Inducted Into Communist Chinese Academy

William F. Jasper December 6, 2017

As American universities and hi-tech corporations increasingly converge with their communist counterparts in China, they are more and more adopting China's communist ideology....

Manhattan DA Demands Encryption Backdoors

C. Mitchell Shaw December 1, 2017

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. is again attacking the encryption that protects data stored on millions of smartphones nationwide. Vance — a...