TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline takes eminent domain to new lows
Five different groups of Texas landowners are opposing TransCanada Corporation’s construction of the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline over their land. The struggle highlights opposition to the...
View ArticleNovember is Native American Heritage Month honoring indigenous peoples:...
November 2012 has been designated as National Native American Heritage Month and November 23, 2012 as Native American Heritage Day. In 1990 the month of November was chosen for recognition of Native...
View ArticleJill Kelley behind reveal of General David Petraeus – Paula Broadwell affair
General David Petraeus and his illustrious career came to a seeming stand-still after his resignation November 10, 2012, due to his admittance of an affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell. For the...
View ArticleRight to privacy for email communication: Petraeus and you
You’d think General David Petraeus, director of the CIA, could keep his amorous emails to his mistress Paula Broadwell private, but more and more people are realizing that they have low expectations...
View ArticleChasing Ice film adds beauty to climate science debate: Haunting imagery...
Chasing Ice, a film that documents the vanishing glaciers of the Arctic, illustrates the climate science debate with its haunting beauty. Since its November 9, 2012, release, Chasing Ice has garnered...
View ArticleConcussions in football: Did Jovan Belcher’s football concussions help cause...
Concussions in football have been getting a lot of attention in the news lately. The vast majority of that coverage has been focused on football’s increasing physicality in recent years, including an...
View ArticleMore than morning sickness: The Kate Middleton and Prince William pregnancy...
The media exploded with both excitement and concern as future Queen of England Kate Middleton and Prince William rushed to the hospital December 3, 2012, the day that her pregnancy was announced. Her...
View ArticleSandy Hook Elementary and gun violence in America: The latest tragedy
Gun violence in America has become all too common. In the past two years alone, there have been four mass shootings — Tucson, Arizona; Aurora, Colorado; Oak Creek, Wisconsin; and now Newtown,...
View ArticleBrain-machine interface leads to major advancements in robotics technology
On December 17, 2012, a paralyzed woman was able to feed herself with the use of a brain-machine interface connected to a robotic arm that she controlled with the power of her thought. Advanced...
View ArticleSpending cuts and tax increases imminent as fiscal cliff negotiations falter
January 1, 2013 not only marked the beginning of a new year, it was the deadline for the triggering more than $600 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts known as the fiscal cliff. The fiscal cliff...
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