White House Moratorium Bans Labs from Creating New Super-Viruses
The order cuts off funding for research involving 'enhanced' pathogens.
Yucca Mountain Is Far From Dead
The United States' beleaguered nuclear waste storage plan finds a flicker of hope in a new report.
The Key to Dark Matter May Be Hidden Light
With a giant mirror, the FUNK experiment plans to capture dark matter of a different sort.
NASA's Latest Virtual Reality Is Designed to Soothe Homesick Astronauts
In the future, astronauts won’t just be using virtual reality for training.
We're All Just a Bunch of Waves, According to the Fourier Transform
Life is a spectrum, literally.
FCC Chief Says He Agrees With Obama on Net Neutrality. Critics Are Skeptical
“Wheeler is playing word games,” said Marvin Ammori, a prominent First Amendment lawyer who supports net neutrality. “It doesn’t make sense. There’s a huge difference between Wheeler's rhetoric and his proposal.”
Flying a Drone Is Still Not a Crime, New York Police Department Learns
Charges were dropped against two New York men who flew their drones near a bridge earlier this summer.
Canada's Caribou Are Disappearing Fast
Climate change, oil drilling, hunters, and all the other usual suspects are likely to blame.
'Turkish Man Yelling 'Meow' at an Egg' Is the Best YouTube Video
This meowing Turk on the internet is further proof that humans are smarter than everything else.
I Waited Five Months for My Soylent and Now I Can't Get Rid of It
Do you want to buy it?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Is Still an Enemy of the Internet
From making Disney happy by extending copyright terms, to threatening journalists—the latest leak isn't pretty.
The Silk Road's Forgotten Three Languish Without Trial
Ross Ulbricht, the suspected kingpin of the deep web bazaar Silk Road, awaits his trial—but his top three lieutenants have yet to even receive a start date. Meet the men that allegedly helped keep Silk Road running.
How an FBI Informant Ordered the Hack of British Tabloid 'The Sun'
Never-before-published FBI records and exclusive interviews detail how the informant rallied other hackers to attack various News Corp. interests, including The Sun, at a time that the FBI has said it watch watching Monsegur's every move.
