American Medical Association: Obesity Is Not a Disease
Treating it as one undermines prevention efforts
Science & Technology
Words May Change in E-Books to Fight Piracy
Unique changes serve as watermarks to discourage sharing
Subduction Zone Found Off Coast of Portugal
First sign of the eventual closing of the Atlantic Ocean
Environmentalism, Innovation & Economics: Author Ramez Naam
The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet
Microsoft Leads in Government Data Requests at Up to 32,000 For Second Half of 2012
Apple, by comparison, says it received up to 5,000 requests in the first half of 2013
Yahoo Latest to Reveal U.S. Government Data Requests
Between 12 and 13 thousand requests in last 18 months, mostly for criminal investigations
FBI Chief's Email Tracking Comments Draw New Attention
Hinted at real-time ability to peruse emails
CBS's Sharyl Attkisson Upset Over Hacking
Who targeted her and her employer? Mr. Holder?
Despite Promises by Advocates, Bitcoin Technology Resists Government Control
It's designed for anonymity
Cops Increasingly Trawl Through Driver's License Photos
Facial recognition software comes of age, and creepiness
Massachusetts Man's Backyard Rock Actually a Piece of Russian Space Station
Maybe trade it in for a super bowl ring?
Snowden Promises to Reveal "Aggressively Criminal" U.S. Intelligence Gathering Methods
Truth's coming out, he says
Study Suggests Pharmaceuticals in Freshwater Altering Genes of Fish, Inducing Aggressive Behavior
Prozac causes anxiety and antisocial behavior in fish
Chinese Milky Way-2 Now Fastest Supercomputer on Planet
Twice as fast as the previous U.S. record-holder
Google Developing Technology to Eradicate Child Porn From Search Engines
Involves sharing information among search engines
Poll: 66 Percent OK With Obama Administration Collecting Internet Data
Well, that's reassuring
Why Women Should Be Able to Buy Birth Control Without Seeing a Doctor
There is no obvious explanation why something used safely over half a century by hundreds of millions of women should remain so restricted.
Chief of Staff: Obama Doesn't Believe NSA Has Violated Privacy
That doesn't bode well for this alleged "conversation"
Obama Speaks with Forked Tongue on Surveillance
Does he think we're stupid enough to believe ever-changing official claims about the NSA?
NSA Says Agency Has Scrutinized Fewer than 300 Phone Numbers
Out of the millions it has collected
NSA Admits It Can Listen to Domestic Calls Without Warrants
Can likely read e-mails and text messages too
Hong Kong Rally Calls for Government to Protect Snowden
Protesters blow whistles in solidarity
Prism Just Small Part of Much Larger Data Surveillance Effort
Yes, the government is snatching data directly from the Internet's backbone
Facebook Releases Basic Details of Government Data Requests
Between 9,000 and 10,000 requests over a six-month period
Twitter May Pay a Price for Resisting Government Demands – In France, Anyway
French authorities order social media company to reveal identities of anti-Semitic tweeters
Lawmaker: Snowden Lying About What NSA, PRISM Can Do
But admits he doesn't know what info whistleblower possesses
China Now Has World's Most Powerful Supercomputer
Can perform more than 30 quadrillion calculations per second
118,000 Sit on Organ Transplant List
18 people die each day. Extreme shortage due in part to regulations.
