Environment
Humongous telescope set for Chile’s Atacama Desert
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It is an astonishing instrument by any measure—by far the largest such telescope on earth and capable of spotting rocky, earth-like planets up to 100 million million miles away.
Democracy & Civics
Thousands of Philippine voting machines on the blink
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Over 82,000 automated voting machines in the Philippines have failed to recognize candidates running for elected office, just days before the May 10 elections. The voting machine failures caused more unrest and fears of fraud among the candidates and voters.
Democracy & Civics
The Havasupai get their DNA back
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The Havasupai Tribe of Arizona, smarting from what they say was a mis-use of DNA samples taken by Arizona State University in the 1990s, have settled their dispute to the tune of $700,000.
Democracy & Civics
On the economy, women are dour, Gen Y not
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Women business owners are less optimistic about the economy than their male peers, and the young entrepreneurs of Gen Y seem to be downright upbeat compared to their senior generations.
Economy
“Goin’ to Vegas” and the dot-com crash
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Living in the middle of the dot-com bubble, 10 years ago today, we all were millionaires. Not really, but we were on the outskirts, and we could see Downtown Millionaireville from where we stood. And then we all went to Vegas.