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Archives: Technology
As Scientists March, Will Trump give away US Science Lead to China?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The marches for science in the United States and around the world are an expression of alarm about the Trump administration's budget proposals,…
Give us your Huddled Scientists: France woos US Climate Researchers, Inventors in age of Trump
By Frédéric Simon | EurActiv.com | - - The United States of America. Home of the free. Land of the brave. And, until Donald Trump became president, a beacon of science, research…
Rep. Steve King, White People and ‘Civilization’
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Rep. Steve King objected to a comment during a cable news discussion at MSNBC that this will be the last election dominated by…
Can Morocco Create a New Middle East through Green Energy?
By Moha Ennaji | ( Project Syndicate) | - - FEZ – The global oil-price bust has devastated economies across the Middle East and North Africa. Having seen severe price declines in…
How Syria is becoming a test bed for high-tech weapons of electronic warfare
David Stupples | (The Conversation) | - - The relationship between Russia and the West is becoming increasingly dangerous with potential flashpoints developing in both eastern Europe and Syria. After repeated incursions…
Ban real-life Terminator Robots! So say Hawking, Wozniak, Musk, Chomsky
Stephen Hawking, Steve Wozniak, Elon Musk, Noam Chomsky and dozens of others have signed an open letter at The Future of Life Institute urging that autonomous killer robots be banned before they're…
Science Reveals Pluto — (Why Can’t we Trust it on Climate Change)?
NASA | (Video Press Conference and Images) | - - "NASA officials and team members of the New Horizons mission to Pluto participate in a news conference featuring release of close-up images…
Global Connections: World History as Social History – a New Synthesis
I and colleagues have just brought out a world history. Because of the fine and exciting writing of my co-authors, it is more than just a textbook. My readers often ask me…
Australia’s new Super Solar Cells Double Efficiency
Graham Philips | (ABCTVCatalyst) | - "Australian scientists from the University of New South Wales have set a new world record for the efficiency of commercially-viable solar cells. Dr Graham Phillips investigates…
Drone program Crashing as Spiritually Damaged Pilots quit in Droves
By Pratap Chatterjee | (Tomdispatch.com) - The U.S. drone war across much of the Greater Middle East and parts of Africa is in crisis and not because civilians are dying or the…
iSolar! Apple putting nearly $1 Bn into Solar Farm to Power Corporate Campus
Bloomberg Business | --- "Apple is embracing renewable energy with an $848 million commitment to obtain electricity from a solar farm that’s big enough to power its offices in California, along with…
Inside the green schools revolution
By Bryn Nelson | (Mosaic: The Science of Life) - How can we design better, ‘living’ classrooms, places that will not only improve the lives of teachers and students, but also have…
Israeli firm looks to keep solar power generators running at night
Reuters Plus: "Israeli firm Brenmiller Energy aims to solve the conundrum of producing solar power at night with a new energy storage system that it says is an alternative to other solar…