NROL-32 Spy Satellite Launched by the United States
From Cape Canaveral last Sunday evening, the Air Force, in conjunction with United Launch Alliance (ULA), launched a “massive, secret spy satellite” according...
Science & Technology
Pentagon: “Mystery Missile” off California Was a Plane
Quoted in several news reports on November 10 and 11, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary...
NASA’s “Solar Shield” Will Warn of Solar Weather
According to an old quote often attributed to Mark Twain, everyone complains about the...
Turtle Hurdles, and Other Solar Obstacles
BrightSource Energy, headquartered in Oakland, California, is developing the $2 billion Ivanpah Solar Electric...
Wind Power II: The Wind-farm Eruption
Those of us who drive in the Midwest or Southwest are often startled to...
Hacked! E-Voting, E-Nightmare
In spite of rising security fears, 33 of our states are allowing some fax,...
Wind Power: An Ill Wind Blowing
According to the 2009 Energy Information Agency Report on Electricity Generation, wind power provided...
Social Networks, Personal Profiles
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), with the help of UC Berkeley’s Samuelson Clinic, filed a...
CEO Schmidt Insists Google Is Not “Creepy”
Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently attracted attention with his strange vision of a technological...
Have Scientists Found an “Earth-like” Planet?
The discovery of a planet circling Gliese 581, a red dwarf star, has led...
Congress Approves New NASA Budget
Nearly a year has passed since President Obama’s controversial Augustine Committee’s report recommended a...
Google CEO Imagines a Dull Version of Utopia
Google CEO Eric Schmidt has once again found himself in the midst of controversy....
UN May Appoint Ambassador to Outer Space
Since the signing of the United Nations charter in 1945 the international institution which...
Boeing Prepares to Shuttle “Space Tourists”
President Obama’s proposed changes to NASA’s plans for manned space flight have implications for...
Iris Scan Coming to Airports, Focusing Terror Hunt on Innocent
“The Homeland Security Department plans to test futuristic iris scan technology that stores digital...
Coal Miners Upset With EPA
As America struggles with expensive energy provided by foreign nations without our best interests...
The Power of the Internet
When the Founding Fathers adopted the Bill of Rights guaranteeing that “Congress shall make...
2012 — Global Blackout or Another Y2K?
When the year 2012 is mentioned, one usually assumes the worst. Dave Reneke, an...
In Philly, Blogging Brings Big Business License Bill
Philadelphia: The City of Brotherly Love. The home of Independence Hall, where the Declaration...
Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You: RFID-embedded Bins in Cleveland
What was once a laughable plot of a late night science fiction movie, this...