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Did Israel Steal Bomb-grade Uranium from the United States?

Victor Gilinsky and Roger J. Mattson Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Last month newly released U.S. government documents shed additional light on the so-called NUMEC affair - the story that won't go away - the possibility that in the 1960s, Israel stole bomb-grade uranium from a US nuclear fuel-processing plant. Nearly 50 years have passed since the events in question. It is time to level with the public.

Lab Grown Organs and Artistic Computers in Fifty Years?

Jalees Rehman scilogs
A new survey shows that the public is optimistic about lab-grown replacement organs and computer created artistic works within the next 50 years, but less than enthusiastic about some other possible technologies being widely used.

The Mysterious Disappearance

Tom Tomorrow This Modern World
What if the disappearance of democracy received breathless news coverage around the clock? Yah, dream on.

Gabriel García Márquez Obituary

Nick Caistor The Guardian
Colombian Nobel laureate who helped to launch boom in Latin American literature with novel One Hundred Years of Solitude

Western Re-Run: Nevada Rancher Versus The Feds

Tom Kenworthy ThinkProgress
We've seen this Western re-run, Nevada Rancher Versus the Feds, before. But it turns out that Cowboy Hage would be suckling at the public teat even if he paid his grazing fees.

StopRush Is Actually Stopping Rush

Did you know that the StopRush campaign is actually stopping Rush? In New York, Rush has been demoted to the 22nd radio station. An Ed Show segment.

Book: 'Kill Anything That Moves'

Nick Turse talks about the reaction to his book about the atrocities committed by American troops during the Vietnam War.