Science & Technology
US Antarctic Research Program Canceled Due to Government Shutdown
For remainder of the year
Drones May Eventually Kill Autonomously
A LAR, or Lethal Autonomous Robot, in the parlance
Electrical Surges Cause Fried Equipment, Explosions, Delay in Opening NSA Data Center in Utah
Some things don't work with no help from a partial government shutdown
New Salmonella Outbreak Shows Resistance to Antibiotics
Linked to chicken from California
Red Cross Wants War Crime Punishments in Realistic Video Games
Wouldn't that make them less realistic?
Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Reported at US Lab
One step closer to unlimited cheap energy
Nobel Prize For Physics Awarded To Higgs and Englert
For their work on the Higgs boson
Shutdown Helps NSA Shed Even Pretense of Surveillance Oversight Efforts
Clapper flip-flops, furloughs workers
What Does the Silk Road Seizure Mean for Bitcoin?
Is the currency really only good for black markets?
Nobel Prize for Medicine Awarded for Cell Traffic Research
Two Americans, German win award
Marketing, Sci-Fi Nostalgia May Be Only Thing Going for Samsung Smartwatch
$299 device has a battery life of just one day, only works with Galaxy Note
Welcome to the Era of Unlimited Government!
What Obamacare and the latest NSA scandal have in common.
Tropical Storm Karen Weakens on Approach to Gulf Coast
Winds at 40mph, may be downgraded
Is a Federal GMO Labeling Compromise Looming?
Recent developments point to a possible federal compromise on mandatory GMO labeling. Sadly, the potential unintended consequences of this federal labeling scheme are so terrible and obvious that they appear to make for the perfect Washington compromise.
Homeless Man Who Turned in Lost Cash Gets Crowd-Funded Reward
More than $150,000 in a fund set up in his name
China Employs Two Million to Monitor Web Activity
Actively targeting social media posts
Stores Drop Prices for Cheapest IPhone Model
Get them for $50 or less (if you sign a contract, of course)
Can We Trust the U.N.'s IPCC Climate Models?
Many simulations produce four times more warming than actually occurred over the past 15 years.
