Science & Technology - The New American

Swarms of Tiny, Silent Cicada Drones to be Deployed

The Navy has developed silent, miniature drones that are capable of monitoring movements and recording conversations. ...

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. May 27, 2015

Net Neutrality 2.0: Plans to Shift Control of Internet to Internationalists

C. Mitchell Shaw May 19, 2015

With the FCC regulating ISPs in the United States and some as yet unknown international organization assuming control of the assignment of Internet...

Energy Department Approves Six LNG Export Plants; More Coming

Bob Adelmann April 28, 2015

The fact that the Department of Energy has decided to get out of the way of American businesses that wish to sell natural...

Army Testing Handheld Ray Guns to Disrupt Electronics

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. April 27, 2015

The U.S. Army is testing “electricity guns” that would disrupt all “battlefield” electronic communication. These “handheld ray guns” would be attached to existing...

Net Neutrality Faces Legislative and Legal Challenges

C. Mitchell Shaw April 22, 2015

Mired in "governmentese" and steeped in double-talk, Net Neutrality has proven to be a tangled web of deceit. Now that the FCC's order...

Report: Facebook Chat Messages Monitored by CIA-Backed Company

C. Mitchell Shaw April 21, 2015

As if Facebook doesn't do enough damage to users' privacy without help, the social media giant has apparently been either the target or...

Facebook Tracks Users Without Consent, but Users Can Take Control

C. Mitchell Shaw April 18, 2015

Facebook has spent years earning a notorious reputation for sacrificing users' privacy for increased advertising revenue. Now the social networking giant may be...

In California, Exploding “Smart Meters” Spy on Your Water Use

Alex Newman April 9, 2015

Government’s latest Orwellian tools to spy on citizens, known as “smart meters,” are literally blowing up and catching fire, risking lives and property...

Oklahoma Earthquakes Rattling the Fracking Industry

Bob Adelmann March 31, 2015

Big gates sometimes swing on little hinges. Such could be the case in Oklahoma where one woman is rocking the oil and gas...

Net Neutrality Lays Groundwork for Internet Taxes

C. Mitchell Shaw March 31, 2015

When the FCC created new rules for Net Neutrality by reclassifying the Internet as a Title II public utility, Chairman Tom Wheeler dismissed...

“Green” Meltdown: Solar Companies Are Germany’s Biggest “Capital Destroyers”

William F. Jasper March 27, 2015

Der Spiegel reports that four of Germany’s top 12 “Capital Destroyers” of 2014 are solar tech companies, with Solarworld AG leading the way...

Net Neutrality’s Achilles’ Heel

C. Mitchell Shaw March 20, 2015

As pernicious as the Federal Communications Commission's "bright-line" rules prohibiting blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization on the Internet are, they pale in comparison...

Water Fluoridation Linked to Increased ADHD in Kids

William F. Jasper March 18, 2015

Millions of children and adolescents have been diagnosed (and misdiagnosed) as having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD. A new study suggests that...