Obama Names Bolden for NASA
“Obama's NASA selection is a boost for manned spaceflight” proclaimed the headline to the May 24 Los Angeles Times story. Apparently, “the choice...
Science & Technology
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...
Google’s Flu Tracking System
Just in time for the flu season, Google has created a new health tracking...
House Passes Non-drilling Bill
ITEM: On September 16, the House passed the Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer...
iTunes Blocked by “Great Firewall of China”
Chinese users of Apple Computer's popular iTunes music store found themselves unable to access...
Algae May Be an Energy Answer
A modern society such as that in the United States requires personal transportation —...
A Tale of Two Reactors
A nuclear power plant is arguably the most extraordinary product of engineering and scientific...
Gas Prices: Why So High?
In early March a sign in front of a Citgo station read Regular/Unleaded: $3.19...
Coal in Your Car’s Tank
In 1943, when Germany had virtually no sources of petroleum to fuel its Luftwaffe,...
Blown Away: Wind Energy Analyzed
Hardly a stump speech goes by without a political candidate calling for “more renewable...
Voting on the Web
A movement toward online voting is sweeping the nation, but the practice, if implemented,...
Pseudo-science Behind the 10 Percent Myth
The absurd assertion that one tenth of the human population of this planet is...