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How PRISM Sends Your Private Data Overseas

published about 17 hours ago
When defense contractor Edward Snowden leaked secret National Security Agency documents to the media on June 6, the initial public outcry focused on how America's communications intelligence service had kept track of the telephone, and possibly the online, activities of its own citizens.

Smart Glasses Help Shy Students Speak Up

published about 17 hours ago
New, intelligent glasses may soon allow professors to gauge the effectiveness of their teaching based on symbols floating above their students' heads.

Congress Considers Nixing NASA Asteroid Mission

published about 19 hours ago
WASHINGTON — A draft authorization bill from the House Science space subcommittee would cap NASA spending at about $16.87 billion for the next two years, prohibit a proposed asteroid retrieval mission, overhaul the agency’s management structure and raise the spending cap for Commercial Crew activities while increasing congressional oversight of the program.

10 Amazing 3D-Printing Startups

published about 22 hours ago
Whether they're designing hyper-modern light fixtures or reproducing human tissues, startups all over the world are using 3D printing as a foundation for building innovative businesses.

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? 48% of Americans, That's Who

published about 22 hours ago
Despite all the challenges small businesses have faced in the past five years, seven out of ten of entrepreneurs would start their businesses all over again. Not only that, almost half of all Americans are haboring entrepreneurial dreams of their own.


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An Arid Arizona City Manages Its Thirst

published Sun, Jun 16 2013 19:05 GMT
There is a certain curiosity about the way water is used in Phoenix, which gets barely eight inches of rain a year but is not ... more

City to Roll Out A Recycling Plan For Food Waste

published Sun, Jun 16 2013 17:29 GMT
The Bloomberg administration plans to announce shortly that it is hiring a composting plant to handle 100,000 tons of food scraps a year, or about ... more

Dot Earth Blog: Why Colorado’s Fire Losses, Even with Global Warming, Need Not Be the ‘New Normal’

published Sat, Jun 15 2013 13:59 GMT
A deeper look at ways to cut risk and losses in America’s wildfire red zones.    
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Retro Report: Biosphere 2: Good Science, or Bad Sense?

published Mon, Jun 10 2013 05:34 GMT
This Retro Report video revisits Biosphere 2, whose goal was to see if humans could sustain themselves in a sealed environment. What was deemed a ... more