Huge delays and cost overruns totalling billions for nuclear reactors under construction in Finland and France are once again demonstrating that nuclear power is no … Why still pushing nuclear powerRead more
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Exposing Halliburton No-Bid Contract in Iraq
The former chief oversight official of contracts at the Army Corps of Engineers has reached a settlement six years after she was demoted for publicly … Exposing Halliburton No-Bid Contract in IraqRead more
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Killing is OK, If you own a car. Car Kills
Raquel Nelson, a single mother living in Georgia, didn’t own a car. She used public transportation to get around. That day, she’d taken a series … Killing is OK, If you own a car. Car KillsRead more
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Biological complexity
Why are we so complicated? You might imagine that we’ve evolved that way because it conveys adaptive benefits. But a study published by Nature1 today … Biological complexityRead more
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Cost of War
President Obama met with congressional leaders at the White House Thursday and vowed not to sign a short-term extension of U.S. $14.3 trillion debt ceiling … Cost of WarRead more
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Liberation by software
For the last half-thousand years, ever since there has been a press, the press has had a tendency to marry itself to power, willingly or … Liberation by softwareRead more
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$31 billion and up to $60 billion of waste
As the war in Afghanistan approaches its 10th anniversary, a pair of new reports have just come out revealing how the Pentagon has squandered tens … $31 billion and up to $60 billion of wasteRead more
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Alec exposed
The Internal Revenue Service has been asked to investigate the nonprofit tax status of a Washington-based organization that its critics say has played a key … Alec exposedRead more
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Human history in a single genome
“You can take a single person’s genome and learn an entire population’s history from it,” says David Reich, a geneticist at Harvard Medical School in … Human history in a single genomeRead more