Plane can fly 180 mph only inches over the water
While browsing Google Earth last year, some users saw an interesting sight at a naval base on a Chinese shore: …
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MSM promotes Ron Paul from “unknown” to “sleeper”
How many elections have gone by since it was possible to look at a presidential candidate’s record, their entire record, …
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Fake firm gets nuclear license in U.S. government sting
Undercover investigators, working for a fake firm, obtained a license to buy enough radioactive material to build a “dirty bomb,” …
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What a great use of the Internet…
“Welcome to GalaxyZoo, the project which harnesses the power of the internet – and your brain – to classify a …
EFF Publishes 1,000+ Pages of FBI Documents on Patriot Act Abuses
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has received the first set of FBI documents detailing the misuse of the secret warrants called …
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New York Plans Surveillance Veil for Downtown
from Cara Buckley, for the New York Times By the end of this year, police officials say, more than 100 …
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Top Secret: We’re Wiretapping You
From Ron Singel, for Wired Magazine That might have been the end of it. But in December 2005 The New …
How a teenager from rural Malawi built a windwill to power his home
Meet William Kamkwamba. At age 15, he built a windmill entirely from scrap parts, and is now generating enough electricity …
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Remembering the 12-year fight for the Freedom of Information Act
July 4th marks the 41st anniversary of the enactment of the Freedom of Information Act, one of the most significant …
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Creepy High Voltage Installations in Russia
The Russian countryside yields some improbable sights – abandoned artifacts and installations from bizarre military/scientific research, strangely futuristic forms left …
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We are meant to be here
People are not the result of a cosmic accident, but of laws of the universe that grant our lives meaning …
“Insanely Useful” Websites For U.S. Government Watchers
The links on this page from the Sunlight Foundation present a broad range of resources you can use to monitor …
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