Category: Editorial Energy Environmental Fossil Fuels Social

Why Engineers Can’t Stop Los Angeles’ Enormous Methane Leak | Motherboard

A river of harmful gas is spewing into the air around Los Angeles, and won’t be stopping any time soon. Source: Why Engineers Can’t Stop >>>

Posted: December 27, 2015 in Editorial, Energy, Environmental, Fossil Fuels, Social

Theresa May wants to see your internet history, so we thought it was only fair to ask for hers | UK Politics | News | The Independent

The Home Office has refused to make Theresa May’s internet browsing history public under freedom of information rules, arguing that a request to do so >>>

Posted: December 27, 2015 in Computer, Editorial, Internet, Security, Social

Rhegmaspis xiphoidea: New Species of Jawless Fish Unearthed in China

A new species – and genus – of armored jawless fish has come to light in the Chinese rocks dating to the Pragian stage of >>>

Posted: December 27, 2015 in Biological

‘Revolutionary,’ scalpel-free brain treatment stops man’s shaking | National Post

Tony Lightfoot is one of a few dozen patients worldwide to undergo the experimental procedure that uses sound waves, magnetic pulses and radiation beams to >>>

Posted: December 26, 2015 in Biological

New Polymer Could Purify Water In Seconds: Study

Scientists have developed a new reusable polymer that can remove pollutants from flowing water within seconds, just like air fresheners trap invisible air pollutants in >>>

Posted: December 26, 2015 in Biological, Environmental

The Sanders campaign is taking its fight with the DNC to the next level

archived 26 Dec 2015 04:30:03 UTC Source: The Sanders campaign is taking its fight with the DNC to the next level

Posted: December 25, 2015 in Computer, Security

Santa Claus in Linux Style: Top Linux Hardware and Free Linux/Programming Books & Courses Recommendations – The Linux Homefront Project

Source: Santa Claus in Linux Style: Top Linux Hardware and Free Linux/Programming Books & Courses Recommendations – The Linux Homefront Project

Posted: December 25, 2015 in Free Online Textbooks, Linux, Reference, Web Apps

Opec faces a mortal threat from electric cars

The oil cartel is living in a time-warp, seemingly unaware that global energy politics have changed forever Source: Opec faces a mortal threat from electric >>>

Posted: December 25, 2015 in Energy, Transportation

New HTML Status Code 451:  Legally Restricted

An HTTP Status Code to Report Legal Obstacles (Internet-Draft, 2015) Source: draft-ietf-httpbis-legally-restricted-status-04

Posted: December 23, 2015 in Computer, Internet

The Juniper VPN backdoor: buggy code with a dose of shady NSA crypto | CSO Online

Juniper was using a known flawed random number generator as the foundation for cryptographic operations in NetScreen’s ScreenOS and the safeguards it put in place >>>

Posted: December 23, 2015 in Computer, Security