Remembering Apollo 11 and the Promise of the “Space Age”
As millions of Americans remember “where they were” 40 years ago when they first heard Neil Armstrong’s famous first words from the surface...
Science & Technology
National Geographic Defends the Facts of the Apollo 11 Mission
Neil Armstrong’s famous “small step” at the moon’s Sea of Tranquility on July 20,...
Senate Confirms Bolden as NASA Administrator
A July 16 article posted to the online tech journal The Register entitled, “Former...
China: Apple iPhones But No Wi-Fi
Apple Corp., supplier of Wi-Fi-enabled iPhones, has been carrying on a war of words...
Cyber Attacks Originating With N. Korea?
Beginning over the Independence Day weekend and continuing on into this week, several federal...
China Delays Censorship Software Rule
Communist China on June 30 postponed its requirement that the controversial Green Dam Youth...
Competing for Best Censorship
Technology firms in countries with little government repression are currently competing to be the...
Satellite Spying on Americans
When the Associated Press leads a story with the headline that “Homeland security kills...
Estimate of Natural-gas Reserves Jumps 35 Percent
The Potential Gas Committee, a group of academics and industry specialists supported by the...
U.S. Nuclear Site List Leaked
Steven Aftergood, a security expert with the Federation of American Scientists, reported on June...
President Obama’s Cybersecurity Plan
On May 29 President Barack Obama introduced his administration's new report on cybersecurity in...
Tracking Your Digital Trail
Innocent-seeming questionnaires, tests, and surveys are increasingly being disseminated by government officials so that...
Obama Names Bolden for NASA
“Obama's NASA selection is a boost for manned spaceflight” proclaimed the headline to the...
Specialist Claims China Waging Cyberwarfare
“China is playing chess while we're playing checkers,” says Kevin G. Coleman, a cybersecurity...
New Cybersecurity Regime Proposed
Introduced just last week in the Senate, rather quietly, was the new Cybersecurity Act...
Google Beware of Antitrust Nominee
Google, the internationally popular Internet search engine, is under fire. Christine A. Varney, President...
Wind vs. Nuclear Power: Which Is Safer?
Nuclear power is portrayed by the major media and by environmental activists as dangerous...
NSA Analyst: All Americans Were Spied On
According to former National Security Agency (NSA) analyst Russell Tice, millions of Americans are...
The Problem With Electric Cars
William Morrison of Des Moines is credited with building the first electric car in...
Making Renewable Energy Practical
Can we reliably, efficiently, and economically store energy to make solar and wind power...