Anthrax Scientist Kills Himself
From the Washington Post A top U.S. biodefense researcher has apparently committed suicide just as the Justice Department was about …
Secrets of the World’s Oldest Calculator Are Revealed Today
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Rubik’s Cube solved by Legos
I love seeing stuff like this. A fellow named Hans Andersson borrowed his kids’ Lego Mindstorms NXT set and decided …
Greenwald: Political harmony v. the rule of law
I’m never sorry to have taken the time to read and absorb what Glenn Greenwald writes. The current approval rating …
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In Search of a Beautiful Mind
He was long a jewel of the MIT faculty. Now, after a devastating brain injury, mathematician Seymour Papert is struggling …
Inflation in U.S Growing at Fastest Pace in Over 27 Years
The economy showed the depth of its twin problems on Tuesday, slow growth and rising inflation, as the nation wrestled …
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Photoshop firmly embedded in propaganda toolkit
A fairly major plot-point in my first novel involves the widespread use of digitally-altered “news,” and it’s easy to forget …
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U.S Spy Bill Creates the ‘Infrastructure for a Police State’
The whistleblower at the heart of a lawsuit against AT&T for illegal eavesdropping says Congress is set to stage a …
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George Carlin dies at 71
The first headline that caught my eye this morning was George Carlin, 71, Irreverent Standup Comedian at the New York …
Booklist names CoD in top 6 crime debut novels of ’07
So yeah, I’m kind of a big deal. ;^) Seriously, though, this feels pretty darn good. The Crime category covers …
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Maximum Impact now available in paperback! (U.K.)
The paperback release of Maximum Impact is now out on the shelves throughout the United Kingdom! My friends and colleagues …
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Pushing the limits of human ingenuity
If we can do this, it seems, we can do just about anything. People like to debate the value of …
