Science & Technology
How Government Killed the Medical Profession
As health care gets more bureaucratic, will doctors go Galt?
Number of Bird Flu Cases in China Rises
According to the World Health Organization the number of patients has risen to 102 and 20 have died
Facebook Reportedly Building $1.5 Billion Data Center in Iowa
No word on what it will be used for
Antares Rocket Launch Scheduled for Today
Bringing goodies up to the space station
Brian K. Vaughan's New Digital Comic, The Private Eye, Is a Brilliant Riff on a Post-Privacy Future
The new digital comic paints wild picture of life after a privacy apocalypse.
Investigators Searching for Cause of Fertilizer Plant Explosion
Formal death count still stands at 12
One Calif. Bullet Train Suit Settled
Still faces suit from folks who say plan violates proposal voters passed
YouTube Wins Copyright Suit with Viacom
Judge rules company not liable for users' posts of protected content
US Hospitals on Lookout for New Bird Flu Cases
Watching for symptoms from recent visitors to China
Patients, Patents, and the Supreme Court
Does allowing companies to patent human genes mean more medical progress, or less?
Superstorm Sandy Caused Seismic Waves Across Country
Rocked it like a hurricane
Hacker Sentenced to a Year in Prison For Hacking Sony Pictures Entertainment
Cody Kretsinger admitted to being a member of the hacking group Lulzsec
Three New Potentially Habitable Planets Discovered
Anybody up for some planetsteading?
New House Bill Would Create National Commission on Federal Marijuana Policy
The "National Commission on Federal Marijuana Policy Act" would create a study group much like the Shafer Commission.
You Can't Just Sell an Electric Car to Someone, This is America!
Tesla Motors getting thwarted by car dealer friendly laws
Six Arrested in Chicago Hospital Kickback Scheme
Charged with performing unnecessary procedures to bill to Medicare and Medicaid
Scientists Stumped on Mass Sea Lion Strandings
More than 1,000 have washed up on California's shores
Los Angeles Plan to Cut Coal Power Will Cost Ratepayers
City wants to transition away by 2025
Police in Texas Not Sure How Many People Still Trapped Under Rubble After Explosion
Late night explosion at a fertilizer plant killed between 5 and 15 and injured more than 160
Stephen Hawking: Dark Matter Cosmology's Missing Link
The truth is out there, probably
China Orders Apple, 198 Websites, to Remove Obscene Content
Chinese government's been targeting Apple for several month
Verizon Profits Up 14 Percent
Its customer base is growing faster than the wireless industry
Some Online Sleuths Question Crowdsourced Bombing Research
Worry about hurting innocent people as images go viral