Science & Technology
Cellphone Use While Driving Now a "Primary" Traffic Offense in Maryland
Can be pulled over just for that
Mars Rover to Keep Operating During Government Shutdown, Run by Contractor
97 percent of NASA employees furloughed
Snowden Shortlisted For European Human Rights Prize
Nelson Mandela among the previous winners
The Obamacare Shutdown Negotiations That Totally Aren't Going to Happen Proceed with Sen. Durbin Floating Concessions on Medical Device Tax
The tax has been a bipartisan sore point for a while
Sebelius Asks For Some Slack Regarding Glitchy Obamacare Exchange Site
Asks for the same treatment Apple gets
Let Us Be Clear: Obama Deserves Chief Responsibility for Gov't Shutdown.
Boehner and the GOP may well be "anarchists" and Reid and the Dems may be useless. But it's the president who runs the show.
Obamacare vs. Samaritan Health-Care Ministry: A Case Study
The new law erodes the power of individuals to make health care cheaper & better.
Nobody Was in Control of Train Responsible for Chicago Crash
Surveillance video shows nobody operating out-of-service passenger train
NSA Stores Metadata for MIllions of Web Users for at Least a Year
Regardless of whether they are connected to any investigation
Ke$ha Fights Bear-Baiting in Maine
Animal-rights groups trying to stop the practice, with singer backing them
Qwest CEO, Newly Out of Prison, Feels Vindicated by Snowden Leaks
Convicted of insider trading after resisting NSA surveillance
Psychotropic Drug Prescriptions for Small Children Leveling Off
Following the huge boom of the '90s
Stigma Against HIV Hampering Treatment Efforts in Somalia
Infection is associated with promiscuity
NSA Used Metadata to Analyze American Citizens' Social Networks
Information from the latest Snowden leak
FTC to Investigate Patent Troll Companies
Businesses that exist for the purpose of suing other businesses
Engineers Recruited to Work on Hyperloop Concept
Company formed to advance Elon Musk's rapid transit idea
Details of a Dozen NSA Surveillance Abuse Incidences Released
Twelve reasons not to date an NSA worker
Passenger Pilot Has Heart Attack in Flight, Dies After Landing
Plane ended up diverted to Idaho
Antifungal Cream Discovered to Eradicate HIV
Could be important breakthrough, as it's already approved for use on humans
Humans Are the Certain Cause of Climate Change
So says the new IPCC report on the science of global warming.
California Struggles to Solve Its Water Problem
The state's water "superhighway" may dead end in a delta.
FAA Recommends Passengers Should Be Allowed To Use "Most" Devices During Takeoff and Landing
Timing of any change uncertain
Comedian Charged With Assaulting Journalist
Dan Nainan says he was offended by Josh Rogin's tweets
UN 95 Percent Sure Humans Are Dominant Cause of Global Warming
Report downplays pause in increased warming since 1998