Science & Technology
Early Results Show Increase over Last Year's Cyber Monday Purchases
Up more than 20 percent compared to the same time period last year
Researchers Investigate Ways to Determine Marijuana Contamination
As the drug sees more and more legal and medical use
French Court Orders Browsers to Block Searches to Some Streaming Sites
Another effort to try to block online piracy
Hong Kong Confirms First Bird Flu Infection
Latest sign the virus is spreading from mainland China
Supreme Court Declines To Hear Case Relating to Online Retailers Collecting Sales Tax
Traditional business say online retailers have an unfair advantage
China Launches Lunar Rover Mission
Three month mission, will collect soil samples
Amazon Turns to Drones as Latest Market Domination Effort
Octocopters are heading your way, someday, if the FAA can get its act together
Around 100,000 People Reportedly Signed Up on Federal Obamacare Site in November
Not as many as the White House hoped
Amazon Testing The Use of Drones For Deliveries
Chief Executive Jeff Bezos says it could take up to five years before the drone delivery service begins
Let My Genes Go! And Leave 23andMe Alone.
Regulators evidently fear an imminent outbreak of DIY mastectomies.
The Futility of Digital Censorship
A fictional look at governments' desperate efforts to restrict the flow of information on the Internet
NASA Takes Footage of Comet ISON Approaching Sun
Astronomers still unsure what will happen next
Fitness Mom Reportedly Blocked From Facebook For 48 Hours For Criticizing Campaign Encouraging Overweight Women to Take Photos of Themselves in Lingerie
Said she wanted healthy women to be role models instead, was banned temporarily for "hate speech"
Iran Will Continue Construction at Arak Nuclear Site Despite Recent Deal
Agreement was reached with P5+1 countries over the weekend
Rouhani: Iran Will Never Stop Enrichment Activity
Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes
NSA Spied on Porn Habits in Order To Harm Reputations of "Radicalizers"
According to top secret NSA document
Swine Flu Death Toll in 2009 Believed 10 Times Worse Than First Reported
So the panic was justified. Sort of.
UN Committee Approves Resolution Protecting Internet Privacy
In the face of government surveillance
Ford Escape Subject to New Recalls
One of which is due to a potentially faulty fix from a previous recall