Science & Technology
Chemical Switch Regulates Gayness?
New research suggests homosexuality may come from the chemical switches attached to genes rather than the DNA itself
Researcher Claims Land Creatures May Not Have Come From Sea
A 635 million year old ancestor may not be an ancestor
NASA Cassini Spots Major River System on Titan
Saturn's moon has a 200 mile hydrocarbon river
Julian Assange: Internet, Social Media Helping Create "Turnkey Totalitarian State"
Data collection the new authoritarianism
Microsoft Not Budging on "No Tracking" Default Internet Explorer Settings
Web advertisers would prefer it be easier to follow users online
Humans Could've Started Making Cheese At Least 7,500 Years Ago
New archaeological evidence found
Christian Sentenced to Prison in Egypt over Anti-Islam Movie
Faces three years in prison for uploading sections of Innocence of Muslims online
Protester Whose Tweets Were Subpoenaed Pleads Guilty
Plans to appeal ruling that forced social media postings to be handed over
NDAA Contains Cybersecurity Provision
Sneaks in a watered-down version of the president's information-sharing scheme
North Korea's Rocket Launch Condemned by Security Council
Not a country notably open to criticism
What 3-D Printing Means for Gun Rights
Cutting-edge technology meets the right to keep and bear arms.
Leaked Document Shows U.N.'s Designs on the Internet
As if we weren't already paranoid
Facebook Simplifying Privacy Settings
In a move to streamline, settings that "didn't mean much," like whether your profile can be found through a search, will be removed
Multiple Near Misses For Earth Over Last Couple of Days
Two asteroids passed within 5 million miles of the planet, missing "near"
Census: White People No Longer Majority in 2045
Barring an influx of immigrants from any collapse in Europe
Whitney Houston, Gangnam Style, Hurricane Sandy Top Google Search Terms for 2012
Barring a prominent celebrity death or disaster between now and the end of the year
Assange Wants to Run For Australian Senate
Might have to figure a way out of London's Ecuadorean embassy first
Imagining the World in 2030: "Driven by new technologies, nonstate actors take the lead in confronting global challenges."
The National Intelligence Council presents possibilites for how the next 20 years might play out
Meteorologist Fired for Responding to Facebook Post on TV Station's Page
Rhonda Lee violated KTBS-TV's social media policy
North Koreans Celebrate Rocket Launch
Dance in the streets as the regime faces condemnation
North Korea Claims Rocket Launch Put Satellite in Orbit
If they can do it, you and I are really underachieving
Seven Livable Planets Confirmed in Galaxy, So Far
I'm taking deposits on real estate
Hacktivist Collective Claims Major Victories Against Government
They claim to have accessed 1.6 million accounts
Air Force Launches Mystery Shuttle Back into Space
Payload a secret. Maybe that's where the chemtrails come from!
Tech Advances Boost Restaurant Industry
Apps, online services help lead to record restaurant sales
Eric Holder Congratulates Himself for Transparency Reforms That Never Happened
The Justice Department claims it "has demonstrated its historic commitments to transparency."
How U.N. Climate Change Negotiations Threaten Economic Growth
Misguided responses to man-made climate change pose a severe threat to future human prosperity.
