Science & Technology

Fed Plotting to Monitor Critics, Tailor Propaganda

The Federal Reserve is seeking contractors to build a tool that will monitor and analyze blogs, news reports, and social-media chatter about the...

Alex Newman September 27, 2011

NASA’s Fallen Satellite Highlights Human Fears

James Heiser September 26, 2011

After days of media hype, NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) fell into the Pacific Ocean without — it would seem — having...

“Government Motors” To Track Drivers With OnStar, Sell Data to Police

Alex Newman September 24, 2011

The navigation company OnStar is attracting strong criticism after announcing this past week that it would continue to monitor drivers’ speeds and GPS...

Obama Administration Still Sold on Solar Power

Bruce Walker September 24, 2011

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in an AP interview on September 21 that the Obama administration will continue to support solar power. He...

Facebook Announces Increased Privacy Protection

Raven Clabough August 30, 2011

In the wake of criticism over privacy issues on Facebook, the social network has responded by indicating it will make significant changes to...

Technology Keeping Internet Freedom Ahead of Censorship

Bob Adelmann August 24, 2011

Efforts by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to regulate the Internet may become irrelevant if the new technology being developed succeeds as...

Obama’s Commerce Secretary Nominee Calls for Carbon Tax

Rebecca Terrell August 12, 2011

Should energy consumers pay extra taxes to fund government-mandated and subsidized renewable energy technologies? "Absolutely yes," says John Bryson, President Obama's nominee for...

Democrats Work to Expand Natural-gas Drilling Regulations

Rebecca Terrell August 10, 2011

Democrats on Capitol Hill are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to redefine "diesel fuel" so it can expand regulations in natural-gas...

Nixing Nuclear Threatens Bayer’s Future in Germany

Rebecca Terrell August 9, 2011

Rising energy prices in Germany are forcing the pharmaceutical and chemical conglomerate Bayer to threaten a move to China. The culprit is Germany's...

Is NASA Still Needed?

Bruce Walker August 2, 2011

In 1958, Congress created NASA, the National Aeronautical and Space Administration. The rationale for America's first venture into outer space was national security:...

After Bilderberg Meeting, Facebook Official Says End Internet Anonymity

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. August 1, 2011

After attending the Bilderberg conference in Switzerland in June, Facebook’s marketing director, Randi Zuckerberg, announced that she had solved the cyberbullying issue: Prohibit...

Private Industry’s “Moon Race” Now Underway

James Heiser July 25, 2011

With the landing last week of America’s last space shuttle, the nation stands at a critical point in the history of space exploration....

Government Funding Down; Scientists Experiment With “Crowd-Funding” Websites

Michael Tennant July 12, 2011

In recent decades such a large portion of scientific research has been funded by governments, either directly or through government-funded universities, that most...