Obama's Finally Serious About Climate Change
,"migrated":true}]]President Obama promised to make "meaningful progress" on the issue of climate change in the State of the Union Address last night.Since his reelection, Obama has vowed to take...
View ArticleThe State of The Guardian's SOTU Infographic Is...Dumber
,"migrated":true}]]Yesterday, as a run-up to Obama's State of the Union address, The Guardianpublished an interactive infographic called "The state of our union is … dumber:…
View ArticleWhy Obama's Picks For Energy And Environment Chiefs Show He Means Business On...
,"migrated":true}]]The likely next secretary of energy is a physics professor researching new energy at MIT, and the next chief of the Environmental Protection Agency has…
View ArticleThe White House Responds: Yes, You Should Be Able To Unlock Your Own Smartphone
,"migrated":true}]]A petition created by Sina Khanifar to make unlocking phones legal has garnered over 114,000 signatures on the White House's website--and the White House…
View ArticleObama Launching Massive Initiative To Map The Human Brain
,"migrated":true}]]We've been expecting this announcement since February, and today it looks like it's happening: President Obama has announced an ambitious plan to map the circuitry of the human...
View ArticleEverything You Need To Know About Ricin, The Poison Mailed To President Obama
,"migrated":true}]]Yesterday, an envelope addressed to Senator Roger Wicker, Republican of Mississippi, was found to contain a white granular substance that was identified as…
View ArticleObama Set To Reboot Drone Strike Policy And Retool The War On Terror
,"migrated":true}]]At 2 p.m. ET today, President Obama will address a crowd at National Defense University in D.C. to spell out some of the biggest vagaries of his…
View ArticleCongress Was Not Really Briefed On PRISM
,"migrated":true}]]"Every member of Congress has been briefed on this program," said President Obama last week in his response to the revelation of PRISM, the massive…
View ArticleDesigners Spruce Up The Government's Crappy PowerPoint
,"migrated":true}]]After news broke of PRISM, the government's secret surveillance program, everyone recoiled in horror: first, at the confirmation of our worst fears that…
View ArticlePresident Obama Announces A Climate Change Action Plan
,"migrated":true}]]"We don't have time for a meeting of the Flat Earth Society," President Obama declared in a speech at Georgetown University today, firing a shot at climate change deniers during his...
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Robot Visits White House
Pete Souza, InstagramPresident Barack Obama meets Alice Wong, founder of the Disability Visibility Project, at the White House on July 20. Alice Wong was President Barack Obama's first telerobotic...
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Obama Calls For U.S. To Build World’s Fastest Supercomputer
China's Tianhe-2 is the world's fastest supercomputer... but not for long.Sam Churchill via Flickr, CC by 2.0Yesterday, President Obama signed an executive order to establish the National Strategic...
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Obama Renames North America's Highest Peak, Denali
DenaliNic McPhee/FlcikrCC by SA 2.0Mount McKinley is dead. Long live Denali. On Sunday President Obama announced that the highest peak in North America would cease to be known as Mount McKinley, and...
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Pope Backs Climate Change Action In White House Remarks
President and PopeAP Photo/Pablo Martinez MonsivaisPresident Obama and Pope Francis shake hands after the President's welcoming remarks.Pope Francis' first visit to the United States is causing a stir...
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Facebook CEO Tells U.N. That Global Internet Should Start In Refugee Camps
Mark Zuckerberg/ FacebookFacebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg spoke before the United Nations Saturday to stress global internet connectivity as a means of eliminating poverty.Saturday's assembly...
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A Celestial Evening At The White House
Katie PeekPresident Obama speaks to a crowd at the second White House Astronomy Night.President Obama stooped to look through the eyepiece of a large telescope, then made an observation familiar to...
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White House Creates New Twitter Account Dedicated To Climate Change Facts
FactsOnClimateContinuing the Obama administration's push towards environmental reform, this week the White House launched a new social media initiative, a Twitter account called @FactsOnClimate.The...
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African Lions Are Now Considered An Endangered Species
Adam Dimmick/FlickrCC by 2.0LionToday, lions joined tigers, a few species of bears, and a host of other endangered species under the protection of the Endangered Species Act.Subspecies Panthera leo...
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All The Big Sci-Tech Topics In President Obama's Final State Of The Union
AP Photo/Evan Vucci, PoolPresident Obama delivers his final State of the Union addressOn January 12, 2016, President Obama delivered his seventh and final annual State of the Union address to a joint...
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How, Exactly, Is Joe Biden Going To Cure Cancer?
Joe BidenVice President Joe Biden at the 2016 State of the Union Address, being put in charge of "Mission Control" in the effort to find a cure for cancer by 2020.There was a moment during Obama’s...
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