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Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) today won a $440 million contract with NASA to develop the successor to the Space Shuttle and transport American astronauts into space.
Today is Thursday, August 2nd, 2012 - the 75 year anniversary of Marijuana Prohibition which was enacted on August 2, 1937. At the time when the Marijuana Tax Act was passed the the government said there was an epidemic of marijuana smoking. They
The near-infrared photoactive polymer absorbs more near-infrared light but is less sensitive to visible light, balancing solar cell performance and transparency in the visible wavelength region.
Scientists have discovered a potential cause of Earth's "icehouse climate" cooling trend of the past 45 million years. It has everything to do with the chemistry of theworld's oceans. "Seawater chemistry is characterized by long phases of stabil
In a comment published with the study, HIV researcher Steven Deeks said the research provided "the first evidence that ... a cure might one day be feasible". But, as is common with early clinical trials, the study raised more questions than answ
t another 10 percent of individual differences in intelligence can be explained by the strength of neural pathways connecting the left prefrontal cortex to the rest of the brain. Published in the Journal of Neuroscience, the findings establish “g
Stockton police officers and firefighters couldn’t fill up because there was no gasoline in the pumps at their stations.
On Friday, gun rights advocate John Lott told radio talk show host Laura Ingraham that Barack Obama once told him that people should not be able to own guns.
We recently wrote about the fight over copyright/fair use in political videos.
Sen. Marco Rubio introduced a bill Wednesday to eliminate the federal government’s tax on Olympic medals, saying the levy amounted to yet another way the government tries to punish those who succeed.
Artificial photosynthesis--the idea that we might be able to create energy and other useful thing from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide, as plants do--is something of a holy grail for energy and green chemistry researchers.
PopSci’s favorite autonomous warplane is having a big week at Naval Air Station Patuxent River.
In other billionaire news today, a controversial and ostentatious Australian is supposedly planning a real-life Jurassic Park, complete with cloned dinosaurs.
Cars in Europe may soon become very much more robotic whether drivers want them to or not.
In the 1930s, U.S. Navy researchers stumbled upon the concept of radar when they noticed that a plane flying past a radio tower reflected radio waves.
So Doug, the queen of England parachuted into the arena with James Bond to kick-start the Olympics. I'm sure you must have some comments on the – literally – passing parade.
You’re young, you’ve got your whole life ahead of you, you’re zealous for liberty, and in some capacity or another you want to spend your life in the meaningful pursuit of a better world.
If you had to carry your loaded 20 pound bug out bag and get the heck out of Dodge on foot, how would you fare?
Is Congress the Real Problem with the Post Office?
Electoral politics and the future of the antiwar movement
The House passed the legislation Tuesday night by a vote of 261-116. The bill now goes to President Obama’s desk for his signature.
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Ernest Hancock
Thomas DiLorenzo (Sr Fellow at Mises Institute and Austrian Economics Professor) shares information on his new book - Nick Barnett discusses email anonymity - Charles Goyette provides an update on the market
Geo-engineering - the insidious program of altering natural weather patterns, changing soil chemistry, and taking control of our food supply in the process.
When President Obama called on the US military to shift its focus to Asia earlier this year, a 91-year-old futurist, had a vision of what to do. His small Pentagon office has spent the past 2 decades planning for a war against China.
Weekly rewards of as little as $5 could keep people on track with their medications. "It helps the patient understand that we are serious about helping them get treated," said Dr. Deb Sodt. Fewer than half of people don't follow doctors' medication o
A business group behind a proposed ballot measure that aims to reverse a Glendale sales-tax hike is seeking an appeal days after a judge ruled their initiative would not appear on the November ballot.
A North Dakota court has preliminarily upheld the first-ever use of an unmanned drone to assist in the arrest of an American citizen. A judge denied a request to dismiss charges Wednesday against Rodney Brossart, a man arrested last year
The US government's only facility for handling, processing and storing weapons-grade uranium was temporarily shut this week after anti-nuclear activists, including an 82-year-old nun, breached security fences, government officials said
