Science & Technology
Higgs Boson Could Shed Light on How the Universe Might End
The infinite stack of turtles is going to topple, right?
SpaceX Capsule to Splash Down in Pacific
After making delivery to space station
Saudi Arabia Regulator Threatens to Ban Skype
Encrypted communications frowned down upon in totalitarian country
Hacking for Freedom
Cory Doctorow's sequel to Little Brother explores the struggle for civil liberties on the Internet.
Google Chairman to Burma Youth: Young People Plus Technology Equals Prosperity
Says the internet will make it impossible for Myanmar to remain isolated
Cost of Privacy Compliance Issues Led Google to Shut Down RSS Reader
It was free, what did its customers care about compliance?
Vial Containing Rare Venezuelan Virus Missing From Texas Laboratory
Public health risk low because the virus is not known to transmit between humans
Canadian House the First on Sale for Bitcoins
5,362 Bitcoins could fetch you a bungalow in Alberta
Markey Asks Calif. Billionaire to Butt Out of Mass. Senate Race
His opponent targeted over Keystone XL
Say Goodbye to Print Edition of Frommer's Guides
Thanks to Web and smart phones, nobody really needs the dead tree version anymore
Apple Removes Satirical Sweatshop Game App
Doesn't like politics intruding in games it curates
Study: Mega Volcanoes Could be Responsible for Half of All Extinctions
Death from above joined by death from below
Build a Better Condom and the World Will [Censored] a [Censored] to Your [Censored]
Innovation, not Nanny-Statism
More Civilians to Have Web Behavior Scanned in Cybersecurity Program Expansion
Thanks to an executive order
FDA Seeks to Regulate Mobile Health Apps
Claims this will not cause undue burdens or dampen innovation.
Some Stores Refuse to Carry GMO Salmon
First genetically engineered animal to enter food supply soon
Google's Competitors Push EU for Antitrust Intervention
Want to force changes to search algorithms
New York Court Hears Fracking Debate
Case over whether individual towns have the authority to ban the process
British Doctors Regularly Prescribe Phony Treatments
Take two placebos and call me in the morning
Mayor Bloomberg Is Trying to Create Prohibition Lite
Bloomberg and his confederates have effectively nudged thousands of smokers and shopkeepers into criminal behavior.
