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How Tech Companies, Surveillance Outfits, and Data Brokers Join Forces to Watch You
In Silicon Valley, data is the new oil. -
Why Big Coal’s Export Terminals Could be Even Worse Than the Keystone XL Pipeline
Proposed Northwest coal ports could have a bigger climate impact—with local pollution to boot. -
Easy to Get Plan B? Not Always
A media collaboration seeks to expose places where emergency contraception is still tough to access. -
Who Created the Global Warming “Pause”?
How climate skeptics and the media—with a little inadvertent help from scientists themselves—forged a misleading narrative. -
Portrait of an Afghan Assassin
No one is sure what made a 17-year-old poetry-writing cop gun down four Marines. But somewhere in his story is the key to whether we'll ever get out of Afghanistan. -
Which Airline Is Most Fuel Efficient?
The difference between carriers—and their routes—may surprise you. -
This Woman Has Spent Almost a Year of Her Life Under Water
Scientist and explorer Sylvia Earle warns that the oceans are "not too big to fail." But she also says that just maybe, we're growing wise enough to save them. -
Meet the Flute-Playing Astronaut Who Coached Sandra Bullock for “Gravity”
Catherine "Cady" Coleman is perhaps the only astronaut to play a flute in space that was given to her by Jethro Tull's frontman. -
The Italian Job: How the Pentagon Is Creating a New European Launchpad for US Wars
The percentage of US forces in Europe based in Italy has tripled since 1991. -
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Anti-Gay Football Analyst to Address DC Conservative Summit
Craig James was even worse at politics than he was at broadcasting football. -
Watch: Robots That Hunt Down Jellyfish and Destroy Them
Giant swarms of jellyfish keep shutting down nuclear plants. Could robots be the answer? -
Silicon Valley: Your Tax Dollars at Work
From fast computers to new cures to space tourism, a timeline of government-assisted innovation. -
Taxpayer Subsidies Helped Tesla Motors, So Why Does Elon Musk Slam Them?
Silicon Valley has always relied on the government to jump-start innovative businesses—no matter how much it clings to the go-it-alone narrative. -
So Far, the Obamacare Rollout Looks Pretty Normal to Me
Big software projects always have bugs. Obamacare's look fairly typical so far, and will probably be fixed quickly. -
Court Orders Release of Dying Prisoner After 41 Years in Solitary, But Louisiana Plans to Appeal
Herman Wallace of the Angola 3 has terminal liver cancer, but the state's still not done with him. -
Sad Birthday Cards for Yosemite and NASA, 123 and 55 Today
Government shutdown = worst birthday present ever. -
Anti-Virus Millionaire Says He Can Protect You From the NSA for $100
"It looks like this is definitely something that could be physically built, but whether anyone would want it is another question." -
6 Reasons We Share Too Much Online, According to Behavioral Scientists
People claim they care about their privacy, and yet… -
Steal This Research Paper!
Before Aaron Swartz became the open-access movement's first martyr, Michael Eisen was blowing up the lucrative scientific publishing industry from within.
