CERN Atom Smasher Sets New Record
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has developed the fastest proton accelerator in the history of science — the Hadron Collider, which...
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FTC Enacts Stifling Rules for Bloggers
Bloggers who review products online are about to be hit with onerous new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulations supposedly designed to foster transparency....
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“Smart Grids” & Monitoring Your Power Use
As Americans continue to wonder what happened to the $787 billion in stimulus money and the economic recovered our leaders said would arrive...
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FCC Moves Ahead With Net Neutrality
As of October 22, the five members of the Federal Communications Commission have officially agreed by vote to launch the net neutrality rule-making...
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Energy Dept. Funds Speculative Science
Have you been watching the nation’s economy continue to unravel and wondering where all of that stimulus money went? Another $400 million of...
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Augustine Committee Issues Final Report on Manned Space Program
Six weeks after the release of the committee’s preliminary report, the U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee has released its final report. The...
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Cassini Mission to Saturn Continues to Make Discoveries
Launched in 1997, the Cassini probe to Saturn completed its initial four-year mission in June 2008. The trip from Earth to Saturn took...
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NASA Prepares to Launch New Rocket for Manned Space Program
With the release of the full report by the Augustine Committee only days away, NASA is making preparations to test a rocket vital...
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Internet CEOs Back Net Neutrality
Two dozen chief executives from Internet-based companies dealing with e-commerce, social networking, search engines, and more have signed an October 19 letter to...
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FCC Chairman Warns of Wireless Crisis
New Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski addressed CTIA-The Wireless Association at the industry trade group’s 2009 convention on October 7. Genachowski told...
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LCROSS Space Probe Hits Moon
NASA normally strives to keep its robotic probes from crashing, but today’s conclusion to a mission to the Moon was a break in...
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PC Makers End Lengthy Boot Times
Personal computers' BIOS (basic input/output system) makers have, due to the frustration of many users, set their mind to making the boot-up time...
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U.S. Opens ICANN to Global Influence
The U.S. Department of Commerce and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) signed an agreement on September 30 to give...
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Canadian Clown the Latest “Space Tourist”
With NASA Administrator Charles Bolden taking tentative steps toward more free market possibilities for America’s space program—and even mentioning the once-unspeakable topic of...
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Let’s Welcome Another Fan of Nuclear Power!
A few weeks ago, Energy Secretary Steven Chu surprised a National Public Radio interviewer with an unequivocal endorsement of nuclear power. In answer...
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