Brian Gongol
July 1, 2006
(2006.07.01)
Supreme Court decision: Separation of powers again?
(2006.07.01)
Greenhouse gases might not actually boost crop yields
It's been thought that higher concentrations of carbon dioxide would increase crop yields enough to offset some of the damage done by global warming as caused by the accumulation of greenhouse gases. But a simulation by the USDA doesn't seem to confirm that point.
(2006.07.01)
The market works to deliver high-speed Internet
Verizon's taking local governments to court to break up regulations that are protecting other firms' monopoly franchises
(2006.07.01)
Final design for Freedom Tower
(2006.07.01)
Huge recall of candy bars
One million Cadbury's chocolate bars being recalled in Europe over possible contamination with salmonella
(2006.07.01)
India threatens to leave WTO talks
(2006.07.01)
When propaganda was fun
Anti-Communist cartoons; strangely, the same message probably needs to be re-packaged for today
(2006.07.01)
Replacing real people in photos with sketches
A real experiment in surrealism
(2006.07.01)
Ronald Reagan: The official photos
(2006.07.01)
Shuttle launch delayed
Speculation emerges that one of the chief engineers was re-assigned for expressing concerns about safety. America's future in space is in desperate need of more X-Prize thinking; fortunately, some parts of NASA are already using inducement prizes.
(2006.07.01)
How Teddy Roosevelt dragged the US into the 20th Century
(2006.07.01)
Estimate: We'll need to double world's food supply in next 50 years
(2006.07.01)
Hackers crack Nebraska's state child-support database
Data on 300,000 people may have been exposed. State officials think it wasn't a data heist, but the soft underbelly of the system was exposed.