Science & Technology
Stop Demonizing Preppers
There's more to this subculture than the media stereotypes suggest.
Obama Administration to Unveil Plans to Tackle Chinese Cyberespionage
Fines a possible consequence for countries that engage in cyberwarfare
Company Makes Encrypted Communications Available to Subscribers
Even the firm has no access to messages, so forget about a warrant
Companies Say They Can Strip Personal Data from Shared Cybersecurity Info
But will the government let them?
3D Printing Casts Growing Shadow Over Gun Control Proposals
Threatens to render laws utterly unenforceable
US Provides Drones to Speech-Suppressing United Arab Emirates
Cashing in on tools that will undoubtedly be used to spy on and detain political opposition
Patient With "Sars-Like Virus" Has Died in the UK
Virus thought to have originated in the Middle East
Mandiant Report Fingers Chinese Army Unit as Source of Widespread Hacking
China naturally denies
Bill Gates: Mobile Strategy "Clearly a Mistake," Not Enough Breakthroughs at Microsoft
Interview with Charlie Rose
Scientists: Bubble of Doom May Be How Universe Ends
If the Higgs-like particle is a Higgs boson
Meteor Fragment Rush in Central Russia
Looking for a piece of history and a possible pay day
White House Wants to Fund Brain Research
"Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing"
Singapore Police: Scammers Seduce Men Online, Use Naked Pictures for Blackmail
Sending pics to anonymous people online? What could go wrong?
Making Sense of North Korea
Time to admit that North Korea wants a nuclear arsenal more than anything else.
Meteor Hit With the Equivalent of 30 Hiroshima Bombs
Now, that's an Earth-shattering "kaboom"!
North Korea Drops Another Nuke, World Disapproves, Keeps Turning
What's up with North Korea?
Flu Season Starting To Retreat
Cases are trending downward, though it's not over yet
Meteor Hits, Asteroid Misses, Politicians Never Waste an Opportunity to Exploit
Could collective action be the answer anyway?
Russian Dashcam Footage a Consequence of Insurance Fears
You can thank a high accident rate for those great meteor images
The Climate and Energy State of the Union
How about a "balanced approach" to energy and climate policy?
Lawmakers Want Hearings on Space Science After Meteor Hit, Asteroid Flyby
Three would make a trend
Large Hadron Collider Shutting Down For Two Years
Long Shutdown 1, for maintenance
NASA to Provide Running Commentary of Asteroid Fly By
Starting at 2pm ET; closest approach by asteroid at about 2:25pm
Blistering New York Times Review of Tesla Model S Yields Company Response
Other reviewers pitch in with their thoughts
Microsoft Restricting Office 2013 License to Single Computer
No more ability to uninstall Office and reinstall on a newer machine
Astronomers: Connection Unlikely Between Russian Meteor Strike and Asteroid Flyby
Asteroid 2012DA14 coming within 20,000 miles of Earth this afternoon