Interesting articles
March 2010 – Suggest an article
- Defectors Say Church of Scientology Hides Abuse
- Vacations for Billionaires
- In Obesity Epidemic, What’s One Cookie?
- Fill in the Blanks: Using Math to Turn Lo-Res Datasets Into Hi-Res Samples
- Chilean Quake Likely Shifted Earth’s Axis, NASA Scientist Says
- Wiseguys Indicted in $25 Million Online Ticket Ring
- Most resistance to ‘Aurora’ hack attacks futile, says report
- Picture Happy Robber Turns Himself in
February 2010
- The Chemist’s War: The little-told story of how the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition with deadly consequences
- Belief In Climate Change Hinges On Worldview
- Transplants That Do Their Job, Then Fade Away
- Banks Apply Pressure to Keep Fees Rolling In
- New Approach to Generating Truly Random Numbers May Improve Internet Security, Weather Forecasts
- Drone pilots have a front-row seat on war, from half a world away
- Crickets Warn Young Before Birth of Dangers of Wolf Spiders
- LEGO Robot Solves Any Rubik’s Cube In Less Than 12 Seconds
- US school accused of web spying (additional articles)
- Student Suspended for Facebook Page Can Sue
- Facebook Teacher-Bashing Is Protected Speech
- 20 Years of Adobe Photoshop
- The Profit Calculator
- Hardware TPM Hacked
- A Federal Effort to Push Junk Food Out of Schools
- Sinatra Song Often Strikes Deadly Chord
- Buy Now, Pay Later (Maybe With Your Allowance)
- Will your big-screen Super Bowl party violate copyright law?
- State Supreme Court rules schools can search cars of students
- Browser Versions Carry 10.5 Bits of Identifying Information on Average
- Evolving Robots Learn To Prey On Each Other
- Be Careful What Your Bumper Sticker Says
January 2010
- Skydiver Felix Baumgartner seeks to break sound barrier
- Removing Part of Skull Makes for Better Brain Scans
- Realism in UI Design
- If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It HackMe
- The “Aurora” IE Exploit Used Against Google in Action
- Channel 4 seeks terminally-ill volunteer to be mummified in TV documentary
- Military Is Deluged in Intelligence From Drones
- Tubes are whisking samples across hospital
December 2009
- New Programs Aim to Lure Young Into Digital Jobs
- To Deal With Obsession, Some Defriend Facebook
- Submersible glider spent months collecting data on Atlantic waters
November 2009
- Appeasing the Gods, With Insurance
- A Free Credit Score Followed by a Monthly Bill
- Teens Sue High School That Punished Them for Racy MySpace Pics
- French Ideal of Bicycle-Sharing Meets Reality
October 2009
- Report Questions Duncan’s Policy of Closing Failing Schools
- Who Installs the Most Crapware?
- Maldives leader in climate change stunt
- Scientists Write Memories Directly Into Fly Brains
- Fellow Inmates Ease the Pain of Dying in Jail
September 2009
- Mainstream Press “Cringes” At Win7 Launch Parties
- Banking Via Twitter?
- Don’t Blame Flu Shots for All Ills, Officials Say
- ‘09 Malibu Vs. ‘59 Bel Air Crash Test
- Primary source for above: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety 50th Anniversary
- Zero Gravity for Zero Dollars: Best Student Discount Ever
- Fake Video Can Convince Witnesses to Give False Testimony
- Exoskeletons For Rent In Japan
- “Anonymized” data really isn’t—and here’s why not
- Gadget Makers Can Find Thief, but Don’t Ask
- Wall Street Pursues Profit in Bundles of Life Insurance
August 2009
- The Career Path to Pro Tennis Often Passes High School By
- Storeowners Act in Self-Defense, but Scars Remain
- Worldwide Slump Makes Nigeria’s Online Scammers Work That Much Harder
- TV Contestants: Tired, Tipsy and Pushed to Brink
July 2009
- Stock Traders Find Speed Pays, in Milliseconds
- Home Burials Offer an Intimate Alternative
- Why We Must Ration Health Care
- Massive Fake Quake Will Shake 6-Story Condo
- Cats ‘exploit’ humans by purring
- Al Lewis: Wells Fargo Bank Sues Itself
- Survey Shows Gap Between Scientists and the Public
- Wheels: Brake Dust: A Problem That’s Not Really a Problem
- Growing Presence in the Courtroom: Cellphone Data as Witness
- Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport
- We Rent Movies, So Why Not Textbooks?
June 2009
May 2009
- Texting May Be Taking a Toll
- Netbook-Run Dice Robot Can Rack Up 1.3 Million Rolls a Day
- Psst! Need the Answer to No. 7? Click Here.
- Passengers, Here Are Your Bags
- In Costa Rica, Building a Hillside Eden
- Texas Makes Zombie Fire Ants
- NSA Wages Cyberwar Against US Armed Forces Teams
- You can go back to work, N.J. top court tells teacher after 20 years of disability leave
- A minister’s community of squatters defies odds
- Out of Work in Finance, They Turn to Teaching
- Schools Chief Bans Hiring of Teachers From Outside
- For Sale in… Nicaragua
- Hospitals Begin to Move Into Supermarkets
- Pay-Per-Click Web Advertisers Combat Costly Fraud
- Drug Decriminalization in Portugal: Lessons for Creating Fair and Successful Drug Policies
April 2009
- A Blast, an Ambush and a Sprint Out of a Taliban Kill Zone
- Japan Pays Foreign Workers to Go Home
- Cities Turn to Fees to Fill Budget Gaps
- Making a Comeback: $200,000 Studios
- In Rescue of Captain, Navy Kills 3 Pirates
- $80,000 for a Year Off? She’ll Take It!
- Rutgers will launch yellow submarine across ocean to collect data
- Congratulations! You Are Nominated. It’s an Honor. (It’s a Sales Pitch.)
- Online Age Quiz Is a Window for Drug Makers
- Chaperones to an Amphibian Dance
- Downturn Puts New Stresses on Libraries
- You’ve Got Voice Mail, but Do You Care?
- As the Foreclosed Move Out, First-Time Buyers Move In
- Baby chicks do basic arithmetic
March 2009
- Strip-Search of Girl Tests Limit of School Policy
- Drug-Sniffing Dogs Patrol More Schools
- Up in Smoke: The Deposit Vanishes
- 4-Wheel Dreams for Millions of Drivers in India
- Putting a Price on a Title Run Stirs a Debate
- Why does the Post Office Deliver Mail That Has No Stamp?
- How to Cheat the Mumbai Train System
- Despite Red Flags About Judges, a Kickback Scheme Flourished
- A Sound Machine That Stays Alert While You’re Asleep
- Mistrial by iPhone: Jurors’ Web Forays Are Upending Trials
- Inspectors Head to Undersea Volcano
- Chimp created weapons to hurl at zoo vistors
- Advertisers Get a Trove of Clues in Smartphones
- So You’re Dead? That Won’t Stop the Debt Collector
- For Free Throws, 50 Years of Practice Is No Help
February 2009
- The Navy Has a Top-Secret Vessel It Wants to Put on Display
- Tropicana Discovers Some Buyers Are Passionate About Packaging
- The 3 R’s? A Fourth Is Crucial, Too: Recess
- The Index Funds Win Again
- Exploring a ‘Deep Web’ That Google Can’t Grasp
- Justices Rule Sect Cannot Force Placing of Monument
- That Mobile Hot Spot Now Has Four Wheels
- Anti-terror tactics ‘weaken law’
- For Uninsured Young Adults, Do-It-Yourself Health Care
- Student Expectations Seen as Causing Grade Disputes
- The Body as Billboard: Your Ad Here
- Because, Not In Spite Of
- Student Fights Record of ‘Cyberbullying’
- The Great California Prison Experiment
- Judges Plead Guilty in Scheme to Jail Youths for Profit
- Filling in the Tax Gap
- Snakelike Robot To Treat Soldiers During Battle
- When Friends Aren’t Really Friends (politicians on Facebook)
- Science Found Wanting in Nation’s Crime Labs
- Flash Mob Steals $9 Million From ATMs
January 2009
- American Express Kept a (Very) Watchful Eye on Charges
- Utilities Turn Their Customers Green, With Envy
- Israeli Entrepreneur Plans a Free Global University That Will Be Online Only
- Please Embrace This Commercial Interruption (Do commercials make TV shows better?)
- Earliest weapons-grade plutonium found in US dump
- Test Subjects Who Call the Scientist Mom or Dad
- ‘Whopper Sacrifice’ De-Friended on Facebook (very clever marketing)
- Jet Ditches in Hudson; All Are Said Safe
- Art Hoax Unites Europe in Displeasure
- Report Calls Online Threats to Children Overblown
- The High Security Risk Attached to Obama’s Belt
- At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard
- Wanted: Paradise island ‘caretaker’
- Deep inside the Windows 7 Public Beta: an in-depth tour A number of students have made comments to me about the recently released Windows 7 Beta. Here’s your chance to comment. I haven’t tried the beta and I have little interest in the OS. Windows XP works very well for me.
- ASCII Art Steganography Steganography refers to the technique of hiding information in an image file.
- A Tactic to Cut I.C.U. Trauma: Get Patients Up
- Experts: No such thing as free antibiotics
Prior to January 2009
- How the City Hurts Your Brain
- N.J. Supreme Court hears witness-intimidation case (NJ.com)
- NJ High Court to Examine Witness Intimidation Case (Fox News)
- For Good Self-Control, Try Getting Religious About It
- Creature Comforts (service animals other than dogs)
- A Highly Evolved Propensity for Deceit
- Octopuses Have No Personalities and Enjoy HDTV
- El Gordo winning numbers announced (2.3 billion Euro Lottery)
- Using Speed Cameras to Send Tickets to Your Enemies
- Cash-strapped teacher sells ads on tests
- Mystery on Fifth Avenue (strange custom apartment)
- Previously Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Photographed
- Monkeys Think, Moving Artificial Arm as Own (control stuff with thoughts)
- Space scientist says texting is four times more expensive than receiving scientific data from space (absurdity of text messaging charges)
- Police in Gun Searches Face Disbelief in Court
- To Curb Truancy, Dallas Tries Electronic Monitoring
- Elite Korean Schools, Forging Ivy League Skills (dedicated students)
- What’s Making That Awful Racket? Surprisingly, It May Be Fish
- And Behind Door No. 1, a Fatal Flaw (application of the math behind the Monty Hall Problem to a psychology experiment involving monkeys)
- Monty Hall Simulation
- The Real MIT Blackjack Mastermind
- MIT Hacks
- Toyger (a genetic cross between a house cat and a tiger)
- Nerve-tapping neckband used in ‘telepathic’ chat
- Google spotlights data center inner workings (Google stuff, including fancy uses of the map data structure (though not in Java))
