innovation & technology
Biofuels from straw and agricultural waste, not food
Instead of creating fuel from corn or other food crops, one company is creating so-called "second-generation" biofuels from straw.
Winner in the online poker crackdown: Casinos
Las Vegas' large, land-based casinos may be the biggest winner in the recent crackdown against online poker sites.
Sony Playstation Security Breach
Personal information from Playstation's 77 million users may have been hacked.
Anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Twenty five years after the Chernobyl nuclear facility melted down, one of the people who fought the disaster talks about the experience.
Post-BP oil disaster: Not much has changed, right?
One year after the BP oil spill, the US energy policy hasn't changed much, but the effects on the Gulf Coast won't be known for some time.
Drug submarines and the fight against Colombian smuggling
Drug smugglers in Colombia have a low-cost way to transport cocaine: narco-submarines. Authorities are struggling to keep up, and the technology keeps improving.
re-CAPTCHA-ing the word
Google is digitizing the world's books, with the help of website users decoding of smudged or blurry texts in a technology called reCAPTCHA.
Japan earthquake as seen through Twitter
Twitter users have provided some poignant and hopeful reflections on Japan's earthquake. One translator is sharing them with the English-speaking world.
Breakthrough discovery for cystic fibrosis treatment
Discovery of antitoxin provides promising new treatment for cystic fibrosis.
Facebook caught in Israeli-Palestinian divide
Facebook gets harsh lesson in global politics over page calling for Palestinian uprising against Israel's military occupation of the West Bank.
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