iTunes Blocked by “Great Firewall of China”
Chinese users of Apple Computer's popular iTunes music store found themselves unable to access the service during the Olympic Games in Beijing. It...
Science & Technology
Algae May Be an Energy Answer
A modern society such as that in the United States requires personal transportation — cargo trucks, planes, and cars — to make a...
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A Tale of Two Reactors
A nuclear power plant is arguably the most extraordinary product of engineering and scientific know-how in the history of mankind. Once every 18...
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Gas Prices: Why So High?
In early March a sign in front of a Citgo station read Regular/Unleaded: $3.19 per gallon, and I told my companion, “That’s absurd!...
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Coal in Your Car’s Tank
In 1943, when Germany had virtually no sources of petroleum to fuel its Luftwaffe, U-boats, and Tiger tanks, its scientists (arguably among the...
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Blown Away: Wind Energy Analyzed
Hardly a stump speech goes by without a political candidate calling for “more renewable sources of energy such as wind or solar” to...
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Voting on the Web
A movement toward online voting is sweeping the nation, but the practice, if implemented, could disrupt the integrity of our elections. ...
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Pseudo-science Behind the 10 Percent Myth
The absurd assertion that one tenth of the human population of this planet is “gay” owes its genesis to the corrupt pseudo-science of...
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