Tag: innovation & technology
Better living through military technology
Ethics get complicated when military technology seeps into everyday life....
Facebook's privacy invasion: Can't stop, won't stop
Facebook users recently tried to stage a revolt to protest the social networking site's privacy settings. But quitting Facebook is more difficult than they thought....
Non-Latin web addresses go live
Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are the first countries to have "country codes" written in Arabic scripts. ...
Impact of oil spill on US energy policy
The Obama administration bans oil drilling in new areas off the U.S. coast while the cause of the oil spill off Louisiana is investigated. ...
Cape Wind project gets green light
Nantucket Sound offshore wind farm approved by federal government -- what this means for the future of wind power in the U.S....
Garage inventors
In garages, basements and even a Quonset hut, amazing science is happening without institutional or government funding. ...
The story behind the Upper Big Branch mine disaster
A coal-baron CEO, countless safety violations and a history of accidents add up to disaster for Massey Energy mine in West Virginia....
EPA policy angers minority groups
Minority group advocates blast new EPA regulations on greenhouse gas emissions, saying they'll lead to job losses....
Google and GoDaddy go to Washington
Google testifies on decision to shut down search site in China, and GoDaddy balks at demand to collect information on domains....
This is your brain on Google
Research shows doing online searches can actually increase the level of activity in your brain....
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