Search

In 'Permanent Record,' Edward Snowden Says 'Exile Is An Endless Layover'

In his memoir, the former NSA contractor says he believes he has been proven right as the U.S. has amended laws regarding government surveillance. But the government still wants to prosecute him.

Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, on a video link in Moscow, speaks to the crowd on a giant screen at festival in Roskilde, Denmark, in 2016. "You are being watched all the time and you have no privacy," Snowden said.

In 'Permanent Record,' Edward Snowden Says 'Exile Is An Endless Layover'

In his memoir, the former NSA contractor says he believes he has been proven right as the U.S. has amended laws regarding government surveillance. But the government still wants to prosecute him.

A Transportation and Security Administration worker at San Diego International Airport receives food at a free Hawaiian barbecue lunch for federal workers impacted by the government shutdown on January 24, 2019.

Airlines Serve Up Hawaiian Barbecue To San Diego Airport's Federal Workers

It's the 34th day of the partial government shutdown and hundreds of thousands of federal employees are continuing to work without pay.

Palomar College President Joi Lin Blake’s office suite is shown on the top floor of the school’s new $67 million library on Feb. 4, 2019.

Palomar College Goes Forward With $1 Million Presidential Suite Despite Questions About Cost

Construction of Palomar College President Joi Lin Blake’s $1 million office suite is moving forward after she defended the project on Friday to the school’s committee that oversees bond spending.

Power lines make their way over a freeway toward the San Onofre nuclear power plant, June 7, 2013.

San Diego Advocacy Group Releases TV Ads Warning About Nuclear Waste

Public Watchdogs, a non-profit dedicated to public transparency, said the ad is intended to shed light on the potential risks of nuclear waste from the defunct San Onofre nuclear plant.

This illustration made available by NASA shows the Kepler space telescope, the planet-hunting spacecraft that launched in 2009.

Young Astronomer Uses Artificial Intelligence To Discover 2 Exoplanets

A team led by an undergraduate student at the University of Texas, Austin, has found two new planets by using artificial intelligence to sift through data from NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope.

Hasan Minhaj performs in New York City in July. The Saudi government asked Netflix to remove an episode of the comedian's show Patriot Act that was critical of the regime over the death of Jamal Khashoggi.

Netflix Drops Hasan Minhaj Episode In Saudi Arabia At Government's Request

The Saudi government asked Netflix to remove an episode of the comedian's show Patriot Act that was critical of the regime over the death of Jamal Khashoggi. Netflix said it was following local law.

Google published a map of most-searched-for spellings, by state.

Misspellings, Mapped: America The How-Do-You-Spell-Beautiful?

Just in time for the National Spelling Bee, Google published a map of the words people in each state have a hard time spelling. The results are not pretty. (And what's up with New Jersey?)

Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe first encountered Ebola in 1976, before it had been identified. Since then, from his post at the Congo National Institute for Biomedical Research, he has led the global search for a cure.

This Congolese Doctor Discovered Ebola But Never Got Credit For It — Until Now

Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe first confronted a mysterious, bloody disease in 1976. But credit for the discovery went to Belgian researchers.

Harvey Mudd College students Ellen Seidel and Christine Chen work on a summer research project in computer science.

Colleges Have Increased Women Computer Science Majors: What Can Google Learn?

About half of Harvey Mudd College computer science graduates are women, up sharply in the past decade. It and other schools found success by adjusting their curriculums and making other changes.

Search results for