A German computer security consultant has shown that he can clone the electronic passports that the United States and other countries are beginning to distribute this year.
Month: August 2006
Big Bang Pushed Back Two Billion Years
Our universe may be 15% larger and older than we thought, according to new measurements of the distance to a nearby galaxy.
Damn You And Your Fancy Electronics!
The guily culprit in all our air conditioner problems during the latest mid-Atlantic heat wave.
Heat Makes Pat Robertson a Global Warming ‘Convert’
Conservative Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson said on Thursday the wave of scorching temperatures across the United States has converted him into a believer in global warming.
Heat Exhaustion Exhaustion
Well, last night was, uh, uncomfortable here at home. With the air conditioning out and the temperatures still being in the triple digits until mid-evening, it’s kind of like living in a sauna. It’s bad enough on Angela and I, but poor Harry and Maggie have it the worst. Yesterday, while we were at work, Angela’s… Continue reading Heat Exhaustion Exhaustion
Ancient Global Warming Spurred Primates Into North America, Fossils Show
An ancient period of global warming spurred the world’s first primates to spread from Asia to North America, new research shows.
The animals may have taken as little as 20,000 years to disperse across the Northern Hemisphere from the moment they first appeared.
Antarctica Under Siege
Stunning beauty and the promise of oil and minerals are bringing more people to the once-pristine continent.
At the bottom of the world, more than two miles beneath the wind-blasted surface of Antarctica, sits a wonder of the last untouched continent.
Climate Feedbacks
Guest writer Brian Soden of the Division of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography at the Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science at Miami University (yeah, that’s usually abbreviated) explains about what climate feedbacks are and how they are factored into what we …
The Jury on Global Warming
A case scheduled to be argued in front of the nation’s highest court could change the course of climate change policy.
An Estate Tax Twist Reverses Party Roles On Minimum Wage
For years, organized labor has worked hard to raise the minimum wage, while business groups have campaigned to block such a change.