Science & Technology
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.
Legal Experts Fret That 3D Printers May Render the Law Impotent
That's the whole friggin' idea
Our Fruitless Quest for Missile Defense
We've spent 30 years and $200 billion, and what have we got to show for it?
Unprotected Sex in Space Can be Highly Risky
Cell development can apparently be crippled
Philly Abortion-Murder Trial Focuses in on Preserved Fetus Feet
Experts say there was no medical reason to do it, despite the doctor's claim otherwise
Planck Probe Takes "Baby Picture" of the Universe
Cosmic microwave background reveals universe a little bit older than previously estimated
ACLU Suing San Francisco PD Over Alleged Illegal Search of Activist's Cellphone
Warrants are NOT optional
