Dec 28 ‘Secrets Beneath the Ice’ Goes Back in Time to Predict the Future DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s4682qff1', '2LFTFQ5hRrQ', '29'); Editor's note: In one portion of the footage, the Larsen Ice Shelf is misspelled. In late January 2002, the Larsen Ice Shelf, a piece of ice approximately the size of Manhattan, began breaking up. Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch Should the Government Control Who Tracks You Online? The Federal Trade Commission earlier this month proposed the creation of a so-called do-not-track option for Web users. Ray Suarez speaks with FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz and Mike Zaneis, general counsel of the Interactive Advertising Bureau, about the state of… Continue watching
Dec 27 What We’re Reading: Climate Science, Exoplanets and TB Sniffing Rats A Scientist, His Work and a Climate Reckoning A profile of Charles David Keeling, who created the first instruments to accurately measure carbon dioxide in the air and collected samples from the remote top of Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano. Continue reading
Dec 27 Delete Older Facebook Apps — or Risk Everyone’s Privacy If you have a Facebook page, you've probably added quite a few apps. If you've linked your YouTube account, New York Times account, or just about any mobile app to your Facebook profile, you've also installed their app -- and… Continue reading
Dec 24 The Business of Greenery Smuggling in Washington State By News Desk It's a familiar sight this time of year; the live Christmas wreath on a door or a bit of holiday-themed greenery on a table. Those products are a big business in the Pacific Northwest, where forests are harvested for greenery,… Continue reading
Dec 23 FCC’s Net Neutrality Order Released Two days ago, a divided Federal Communications Commission adopted rules enforcing network neutrality, the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally, regardless of origin. When the commission voted, it did so without releasing the actual rules publicly,… Continue reading
Dec 23 The Bitter Taste of Genetics By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Cheek swabs, taste buds tests and tongues dyed blue -- it's all part of an experiment on taste genetics at the Denver Museum of Science and Nature. Reporter Rebecca Jacobson took a test drive through the tasting process. Continue reading
Dec 21 Just Ask: Probing the Sun … How Close Can We Get? By Jenny Marder Here's this week's Just Ask! science query: At what point would a spacecraft approaching the sun vaporize? -- Bob Rinehuls We all know the tale of Icarus. He attempts to escape imprisonment in Crete with wings made of feather, wood… Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch FCC Rolls Out New Rules for Regulating Internet Traffic The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday approved new rules, known as net neutrality, for regulating how information and traffic flow on the Internet. Jeffrey Brown talks to Washington Post reporter Cecilia Kang for more. Continue watching
Dec 21 Divided FCC OKs Net Neutrality Rules FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski; Getty file photo Tuesday's Federal Communications Commission vote on new rules regulating the Internet went much as expected, with commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Michael J. Copps voting with Chairman Julius Genachowski in favor of the… Continue reading