Obama Blogs? President-Elect Launches Web Site, Embraces Internet
After running the most technology-dominated presidential campaign in history, it’s only logical that Obama would keep the trend going into his new administration. And by all accounts, he has every...
View ArticleWeekly News Roundup: The Military Hates Whales, Warming to Bloggers
• Transition! Transition! (Insert music here). So here’s the question of the day: Will Obama create a National Energy Council? • Just in time for winter: A complete history of the flu through the ages....
View ArticleComing Soon: The President's Weekly YouTube Address
How does President-Elect Obama love technology? Let us count the ways. Among the features the incoming administration is adding to its much-anticipated technology ramp-up is a video version of the...
View ArticlePower May Not Corrupt Politicians After All
With the beatific cloud surrounding Obama’s win rapidly fading, one question finding its way into the public ear is whether or not the president-elect’s newly-won power might/could/will degrade the...
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And Obama's Science Adviser Is…John Holdren
Physicists, rejoice! (Even more!) Science magazine is reporting that Obama has chosen to nominate physicist John Holdren as his science adviser. The well-credentialed and -bearded Holdren is currently...
View ArticleWeekly News Roundup: 'Twas the Night Before Jan. 20
• Where have we seen this before? A President’s Guide to Science, in video form. • A holy union of incentives and science: A car key that disables cell phones when the car is in use. • Will the hordes...
View ArticleNew Chief Technology Officer Points to a Tech-Friendly White House
The tech world is literally (and virtually) beside itself over Obama’s announcement that he plans to appoint the first ever chief technology officer to oversee the full-fledged technologization (not...
View ArticleWeekly News Roundup: Here's Your Proof of Evolution
• Happy Friday! Half the world’s population could face a global-warming-induced food crisis by 2100, according to a new study. • And then there’s the floods… • Need proof that evolution’s more than...
View ArticleWeekly News Roundup: Birds and a Plane
• The science of birds taking down a commercial plane—and how the danger could apply to NASA as well. • “Scientific and legal integrity” to return to the EPA. And not a moment too soon. • A ruckus...
View ArticleThe Inauguration Will Be Televised…And Facebooked, and Twittered, and Texted
In a little under a half hour, Barack Obama will officially take his place as the country’s next POTUS. And while the event will be brimming with historic firsts for the country, the coverage contains...
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