Members of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) released a strong-worded statement on Thursday, July 7, dealing with the House Appropriations Committee proposal of canceling the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the most advanced observatory every designed. The AAS considers the JWST to be the centerpiece of Unit... |
8 July 2011
05:07 GMT |
 |
|
The turmoil in Egypt is far from over, but already some justice, or at least retribution is being done. Three people, including former president Hosni Mubarak, were fined about $91 million for cutting off the internet and disrupting mobile communications during the protests at the start of the year.In fact, it's... |
30 May 2011
05:30 GMT |
|
|
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), one of the leading online privacy watchdogs, is urging companies like Google, Facebook and Yahoo! to better secure the accounts of Tunisian activists.Since the beginning of December, the authoritarian North African nation of Tunisia has been engulfed in violent street riots o... |
12 January 2011
08:59 GMT |
|
|
There's one thing you can say about oppressive regimes, they don't give up easily. The fact that the cat and mouse game never ends doesn't seem to faze them too much. Case and point, there are now reports that the Iranian government has blocked Gmail in the country ahead of expected protests set for t... |
11 February 2010
05:01 GMT |
|
|
For the first time since the early days of the space program, in the early 1950s, the American space agency, NASA, will be conducting a series of tests on monkeys. The goal of the experiments will be to test and see whether their complex physiology, which is very similar to our own, could endure the rigors of a long-... |
20 November 2009
01:46 GMT |
|
|
Despite the fact that Facebook has just recently introduced major layout changes to its service, the company may now find itself in a position of having to undo them, on account of the massive negative backlash it has gotten from its users. Approximately one million people said that the changes were not inspired, and... |
25 March 2009
11:24 GMT |
|
|
Turkish authorities seem to have their own notions of free speech, as they proved on March 16th, when they actually deported two peaceful activists with the International Rivers environmental nonprofit group, who showcased a banner at the World Water Forum. The material said “No Risky Dams,” and was a dir... |
18 March 2009
03:27 GMT |
|
|
Facebook seems to be trying out a new way of elaborating the internal policies for one of the most popular web sites on the Internet – user input. In other words, the company says, the users will play a “meaningful role” in deciding how things will run in the community, which currently houses about ... |
27 February 2009
06:06 GMT |
|
|
After the controversial release of 6 Greenpeace activists from arrest this summer, by a court order, the environmental organization strikes again. This time, the flagship of the Greenpeace fleet, the Rainbow Warrior, dropped anchor in the harbor next to the Kingsnorth coal-powered plant and several activists took the... |
30 October 2008
09:36 GMT |
|
|
Find us on Google+
