Science and Technology
Google, Facebook are hiding information from you
As the internet becomes personalized, programs like Facebook, Google and Yahoo are filtering out information without your permission.
Newt Gingrich, Twitter and social media on the presidential campaign trail
Republican candidates saw the new media success that Barack Obama had in the 2008 presidential campaign, now some are trying to tweet their way to the White House....
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....
Brazil competes economically by investing in science and technology
President Barack Obama's visit to Brazil highlights the country's investment in science and technology as global economic competition heats up....
Nature vs. Nurture: Solved
A human's personality is pretty much fixed from the time they're born, according to neuroscientists....
Watson vs. Ken Jennings: Will the machines win?
On Jeopardy!, a machine named Watson may be able to beat human Ken Jennings. But that doesn't mean the machines are taking over....
Poo-Gloos: Cleaning wastewater on the cheap
The village of Gresham, Wisconsin, is trying a novel way of getting rid of wastewater: Poo-Gloos, like igloos for sewage....
Egypt's low-tech solutions to high-tech censorship
When the Egyptian government shut down the internet, activists turned to low-tech ways to make their voices heard....
TV watching at all-time high
Americans are viewing more TV than ever before. How much is too much?...
The man who invented the computer
Though no one person technically invented the computer, John Vincent Atanasoff created the machine that led the way....- Electric cars could produce efficiencies for national electric grid
- Recent solar panel adopter sees success in eliminating electric bill
- Donald Trump loses land battle to Scottish wind farm
- In wake of Fukushima, Japan struggling with renewable energy versus nuclear
- Collaboration could be the answer in U.S. energy debate
- Sri Lankan scientists create renewable batteries powered by plantain trees
- French sour on nuclear power
- Proposed budget cuts domestic funding for fusion research, may delay 'energy of the future'
- Report: U.S. energy imports down, exports up; energy independence in sight?
- Obama travels to Cushing, Okla., to announce his support for part of Keystone XL pipeline
- Peru's president orders environmental clean-up in Amazon oil region
- Right whale born in cold North Atlantic waters beats odds, survives winter
- Sushi chef tries to get people to open up to more sustainable ingredients
- As climate changes, one species faces extinction by becoming exclusively female
- Federal report shows EPA regulations produce more economic benefits than costs
- Activists see progress in convincing groups to divest from fossil fuels
- Farmers in Pennsylvania taking proceeds from fracking and investing in solar
- Landslides more prevalent in Pacific Northwest as climate change indicates rain increase
- Australia trying to educate citizens on crocodile safety -- to save the crocodiles
- EPA raises concerns about State Department's Keystone environmental statement
- Researcher pioneers low-cost means of storing energy
- New Digital Public Library of America seeks to increase accessibility to treasured works
- London's water service looking to turn sewer's 'fatbergs' into power
- Austin prepares to welcome second installation of Google's Fiber project
- French carmaker brings air-powered hybrid car to market
- Wearable gadgets track athletes' performance to improve workouts
- Lie-detection kiosk detects dishonesty with high degree of accuracy
- Bioengineers create life-like human ear with 3-D printer
- U.S. computer security firm unveils report linking cyber hacking group to China's military
- Chinese telco giant Huawei faces skepticism in pursuit of U.S. market
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