Software erases incriminating evidence from an activist's cellphone in a pinch. A new " panic button " program allows hunted activists to quickly erase all incriminating data from a cell phone that they collected on a corrupt government. Created in partnership with the State Department's new technology freedom initiatives, innovator, Benetech, imagines that the eraser program would be initiated in an instance when government agents are breaking down the door of an activist's home and there is only moments to destroy evidence that proves the activist was spying on the government.
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Feed SubscriptionCracking down on smut in the late 1850’s
While there may be many interpretations of what a smut machine is or does, the one I’ll be talking about is the invention featured in the April 2, 1859 issue of Scientific American .
Read More »Tiger’s back in the picture
PGT: Martin Laird shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-shot lead after two rounds at Bay Hill, while Tiger Woods moved back into contention with a 68 on Friday.
Read More »Leprosy is India’s secret epidemic, says report
Country claims to have "eliminated" leprosy but still faces over 130,000 new cases a year
Read More »PGT: Thumb surgery ends Langer’s Masters streak
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Read More »Earth Hour 2011: What Businesses Are Participating, Which Are Trying But Failing
On Saturday night between 8:30 and 9:30, you may notice that world seems darker.
Read More »Was a Nuclear Renaissance Possible Before the Japan Disaster?
It's highly unlikely that you're going to see any new nuclear power plants built any time in the future, given the now worsening situation at Fukushima. But knee-jerk reactions to the accident are not what's really to blame for the inevitable decline in nuclear production
Read More »PGT: Tiger says he could’ve gone lower in Round 2
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PGT: Tiger subject of Poulter’s spike scowl
Read More »Nuke Reboot: Physicists List Lessons to Be Learned from Japan’s Nuclear Crisis
DALLAS--It can't happen here. Or can it?
Read More »Health Care Myth Busters: Is There a High Degree of Scientific Certainty in Modern Medicine?
Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from the new book Demand Better! Revive Our Broken Health Care System (Second River Healthcare Press, March 2011) by Sanjaya Kumar, chief medical officer at Quantros, and David B. Nash, dean of the Jefferson School of Population Health at Thomas Jefferson University. In the following chapter they explore the striking dearth of data and persistent uncertainty that clinicians often face when having to make decisions
Read More »Thumb surgery to end Langer’s Masters streak
Two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer had surgery on his left thumb and will miss the next two months, ending his streak of 27 consecutive appearances at Augusta National.
Read More »MOX Battle: Mixed Oxide Nuclear Fuel Raises Safety Questions
The nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power station in Japan that were crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami are a lot like reactors in the U.S. They are a common, if not exactly modern, General Electric design that harnesses nuclear fission to boil water and drive steam turbines to generate electricity.
Read More »FDA clears first melanoma drug to extend life
Injectable drug, Yervoy, helps prolong life of some with late-stage or metastatic melanoma
Read More »PGT: Don’t look now — Sergio contending again
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