America's K-12 teachers are not fully prepared to meet a new set of science standards, a Michigan State University education scholar argues in Science.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Apr 18, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 4 |

Even Mark Zuckerberg's family can get tripped up by Facebook's privacy settings. A picture that Zuckerberg's sister posted on her personal Facebook profile was seen by a marketing director, who then posted ...

Technology - Internet

Dec 27, 2012 4.2 / 5 (5) 6

(AP) -- Global warming is rescuing the once-rare brown Argus butterfly, scientists say.

Biology - Ecology

May 24, 2012 3.2 / 5 (6) 3

Facebook on Thursday began letting members of the world's leading online community take more of their pictures, posts, messages and other data home with them.

Technology - Internet

Apr 12, 2012 not rated yet 1

Google rolled out a new privacy policy Thursday allowing the firm to track users across various services to develop targeted advertising, despite sharp criticism from US and European consumer advocacy groups.

Technology - Internet

Mar 01, 2012 3 / 5 (2) 56

Clean energy can help meet growing electricity demand and minimize pollution in the Southern United States, but progress to adopt renewable energy strategies has been hindered by a number of myths, according to a new study ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Dec 01, 2011 3.9 / 5 (13) 18 |

Verizon Communications, the largest U.S. cell phone carrier, is suing to overturn new government regulations governing the flow of Internet traffic.

Technology - Telecom

Oct 01, 2011 5 / 5 (4) 7

Internet traffic will have increased six fold by 2012 in a five-year period as more users view and post videos online, delegates at an Internet forum heard on Wednesday.

Technology - Internet

Nov 18, 2009 2.7 / 5 (3) 0

(AP) -- A German court has ruled that Google Inc. must change terms of service that could be interpreted to compromise a user's rights, a decision the consumer advocacy group that brought the suit welcomed ...

Technology - Internet

Aug 31, 2009 not rated yet 2

(AP) -- The average family with health insurance shells out an extra $1,000 a year in premiums to pay for health care for the uninsured, a new report finds.

Medicine & Health - Health

May 28, 2009 3.2 / 5 (5) 3

President Barack Obama threatened on Tuesday to veto a major cybersecurity bill unless Congress amends it to include more protections for privacy and civil liberties.

Technology - Internet

Apr 17, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

For years, Silicon Valley companies wanted as little to do with Washington as possible. Hiring lobbyists to promote and protect their interests was about as far as they went. But a new generation of technology entrepreneurs ...

Technology - Business

Mar 30, 2013 not rated yet 0

The maps were intended to show how rising sea levels threaten some of Miami-Dade County's most vital facilities.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 17, 2013 4.2 / 5 (5) 16

Urban agriculture is promoted as a strategy for dealing with food insecurity, stimulating economic development, and combating diet-related health problems in cities. However, up to now, no one has known how much gardening ...

Biology - Other

Jan 03, 2013 not rated yet 0

As part of the biggest, costliest environmental cleanup in the nation's history-disposing of 53 million gallons of radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state-one thing was supposed to be sure: ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Aug 22, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 1