Obama Administration Says Shell Cannot Drill in the Arctic
Because they "screwed up" in the past
Science & Technology
French Researchers Say Early HIV Drugs "Functionally Cured" About a Tenth of Patients
Most infected find out after the virus has spread throughout the body
Obama Wants Congress to Establish Alternative Energy Research Fund
Wants $2 billion over the next 10 years for the Energy Security Trust
Open Source Software Encrypts Smartphone Communications for Free
RedPhone and TextSecure are promising options for the privacy-minded
Tech Firms Want Immigration Rules Loosened for Skilled Workers
Any good reason to not admit engineers and scientists?
Reuters Journalist Indicted for Conspiring With Anonymous
Charged with helping the hacking group get into the Tribune Company website
Carnival Cruise Ship Stalls
Hasn't been the best year for the cruise line so far
Supporters Form Petitions to Save Google Reader
Will not be going gently into the dustbin of the Internet
Washable, Wearable Electrodes Invented
Can make certain types of medical tests so much easier
Elderly UK Activist Wins Fight to Have Surveillance Files Purged
Had no criminal record, but police were keeping tabs on 88-year-old's presence at demonstrations
Air Force Mulls Underground Tunnel Network for Nukes
Would make them harder for enemy to target
IPhone Converted to Serve as Microscope
Was able to help detect diseases in schoolchildren
Chicago Scientists Find 600-Year-Old Chinese Coin in Kenya
Chicago Field Museum and U Illinois-Chicago led expedition
Google Names New Android Chief
SVP of Chrome and Apps to head Android, Android chief moving elsewhere in Google
Veronica Mars Movie Fastest Growing Kickstarter Film Campaign Ever
Raised $1 million in its first four and a half hours
What if New York's Nanny Is Actually a Thug?
And what will they let the government do to us next?
Cody Wilson Defends 3D-Printing Guns at SXSW
It's worth doing just because the government doesn't like it
People Still Dying from Contaminated Steroids
Two more deaths logged, bringing the total to 50
Why Anti-Fracking Environmentalists Are Holding Back the U.S.
The real story on fracking, say scientists, is that the risks are small and the rewards immense.
Samsung Increased Ad Budget Five-Fold to Spend More Than Apple in 2012
Apple spent three times as much as Samsung on ads in 2011
Eclipses in Space
Solar Dynamics Observatory, in geosynchronous orbit, catches several solar eclipses from space each year
The Obamacare Revolt: Physicians Fight Back Against the Bureaucratization of Health Care
Will it make a difference?
Neanderthals' Large Eye Helped Cause Extinction
Brain spent too much time processing data from the eye
Google to Pay $7 Million Fine for Street View Privacy Violations
Settlement made with about two dozen states
