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Grassley says cyber-security bill is a step backwards
Feb. 22 | Image @WikipediaBy Matt Kelley – “The proposal is seriously flawed,” Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says. “It’s kind of heavy-handed on the part of the federal government and I think it’s unnecessarily costly. Ironically, it would... 
One step closer to a new kilogram
Feb. 22 | R&D Mag – The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has produced technology capable of accurate measurements of Planck’s constant, which is a significant step towards changing the international definition of the kilogram—currently based... 
LightSquared: Going from bad to worse
Feb. 22 | By Marguerite Reardon – Things are not looking good for LightSquared, the wireless startup that had planned to build a nationwide wireless broadband network. Today, Reuters reported that the company said it plans to cut 45 percent of its workforce... 
As Super Tuesday looms, Republican primary heads into potentially decisive phase
Feb. 22 | By Aaron Blake – Starting with the Michigan and Arizona primaries on Tuesday, Republican front-runners Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum will face each other in a series of one-on-one matchups that are likely to determine the direction of the rest... 
Views from the Solar System (29)
Feb. 22 | ←SPACE WATCH Expedition 30 Cosmonauts Perform SpacewalkNASA – This image of Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov, both Expedition 30 flight engineers, was taken during a spacewalk on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. During the six-hour,... 
Senators sharply divided over bill to regulate cybersecurity
Feb. 22 | By Nicole Blake Johnson – Senate lawmakers were sharply divided Thursday over how far cybersecurity legislation should go in protecting privately owned critical networks. Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., introduced a long-awaited bipartisan bill... 
SeaGen – the underwater power plant
Feb. 22 | Siemens – A black and red steel tower rises above the water in the 150-square-meter Strangford Lough in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is part of the world’s first commercial marine current power plant. Purely by utilizing tidal forces... 
Greece is being destroyed by ‘respectable’ fanatics
Feb. 22 | By Nick Cohen – The EU’s terms do not begin to match the altruism the United States showed to the defeated Germans after 1945. America did not pauperise West Germans as many in France and indeed Washington wanted. America guaranteed their... 
Remaking Federalism to Remake the American Economy
Feb. 22 | By Bruce Katz – At the most basic level, the U.S. needs more jobs— 12.1 million by one estimate—to recover the jobs lost during the downturn and keep pace with population growth and labor market dynamics. Beyond pure job growth, the U.S....