Science & Technology
Apple Pulls Anti-Israel App.
Apple has honored a request from Israel to pull a free iPhone application from its online store that the Israeli government said incited...
Facebook to Launch Its Own iPad App
Facebook for iPhone is the most-downloaded iPhone app ever, but more than a year after Apple introduced the iPad, there is still a...
Read moreI.B.M. Releases New Graphene Circuits
I.B.M. researchers said Thursday that they had designed high-speed circuits from graphene, an ultra-thin material that has a host of promising applications, from...
Read moreNatural Gas — Yours for the Fracing
At first glance the concepts of horizontal drilling for oil and natural gas and hydraulic fracturing, a method of extracting oil and gas...
Read moreFederal Govt Has Recruited One-Fourth of U.S. Hackers as Informants
The FBI and Secret Service have successfully infiltrated the underground world of computer hackers in the United States, and now 25 percent of...
Read moreNatural Gas — the Coming Shale Gale
“The oil and natural gas we rely on for 75 percent of our energy are running out,” warned the President in a televised...
Read moreGermany to Abandon Use of Nuclear Power
The crisis at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant in the aftermath of the magnitude 9 earthquake on March 11 has had aftershocks of its...
Read moreUnleashing Our Energy Resources
John Felmy is chief economist of the American Petroleum Institute (API), responsible for overseeing the organization’s economic, statistical, and policy analysis. He has...
Read moreService Versus Surveillance: Has Computer Technology Outpaced the Legal System?
First, the short version: Privacy? "Fuggedaboudit!" You can encrypt your messages, lock your laptop and password-protect your various accounts till your fingers fall...
Read morePromoting Pain at the Pump
Item: A letter from President Obama to congressional leaders, dated April 26 and posted on the White House website, urged that they “take...
Read more“Green” Wind Power Hurts New England Iron Workers
Ironworkers Local 7 in New England has a complaint against the acolytes of “green energy.” Though there is a 16-turbine wind-power project planned...
Read moreGovt-Mandated Light Bulbs to Cost Up to $50
In 2007, President George W. Bush signed into law an amendment, intended as a means to save energy and limit pollution, that will...
Read moreNASA’s Endeavour Begins Final Mission
As the Space Shuttle Endeavour began its final mission on May 16, the future of NASA’s human space program remains uncertain. The space...
Read moreHouse Votes to Lift Drilling Moratorium
On Thursday, May 12, the United States House of Representatives voted 243 to 179 to lift the offshore oil drilling moratorium. The bill...
Read moreThe Obama-Reid Assault on “Big Oil”
While gas prices hover around $4 a gallon — and in some cities surpass $4.50 a gallon — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid...
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