Nixing Nuclear Threatens Bayer’s Future in Germany
Rising energy prices in Germany are forcing the pharmaceutical and chemical conglomerate Bayer to threaten a move to China. The culprit is Germany's...
Science & Technology
Is NASA Still Needed?
In 1958, Congress created NASA, the National Aeronautical and Space Administration. The rationale for...
After Bilderberg Meeting, Facebook Official Says End Internet Anonymity
After attending the Bilderberg conference in Switzerland in June, Facebook’s marketing director, Randi Zuckerberg,...
Private Industry’s “Moon Race” Now Underway
With the landing last week of America’s last space shuttle, the nation stands at...
NASA Administrator Ponders a Post-Shuttle Era
As the space shuttle Atlantis orbits the earth on its final flight, NASA Administrator...
Government Funding Down; Scientists Experiment With “Crowd-Funding” Websites
In recent decades such a large portion of scientific research has been funded by...
Keeping the Final Space Shuttle Mission in Perspective
As the last flight of NASA’s space shuttle began with a photogenic launch this...
Apple Pulls Anti-Israel App.
Apple has honored a request from Israel to pull a free iPhone application from...
Facebook to Launch Its Own iPad App
Facebook for iPhone is the most-downloaded iPhone app ever, but more than a year...
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I.B.M. Releases New Graphene Circuits
I.B.M. researchers said Thursday that they had designed high-speed circuits from graphene, an ultra-thin...
Natural Gas — Yours for the Fracing
At first glance the concepts of horizontal drilling for oil and natural gas and...
Federal Govt Has Recruited One-Fourth of U.S. Hackers as Informants
The FBI and Secret Service have successfully infiltrated the underground world of computer hackers...
Natural Gas — the Coming Shale Gale
“The oil and natural gas we rely on for 75 percent of our energy...
Germany to Abandon Use of Nuclear Power
The crisis at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant in the aftermath of the magnitude 9...
Unleashing Our Energy Resources
John Felmy is chief economist of the American Petroleum Institute (API), responsible for overseeing...
Service Versus Surveillance: Has Computer Technology Outpaced the Legal System?
First, the short version: Privacy? "Fuggedaboudit!" You can encrypt your messages, lock your laptop...
Promoting Pain at the Pump
Item: A letter from President Obama to congressional leaders, dated April 26 and posted...
“Green” Wind Power Hurts New England Iron Workers
Ironworkers Local 7 in New England has a complaint against the acolytes of “green...
Govt-Mandated Light Bulbs to Cost Up to $50
In 2007, President George W. Bush signed into law an amendment, intended as a...
NASA’s Endeavour Begins Final Mission
As the Space Shuttle Endeavour began its final mission on May 16, the future...