How I hacked an electronic voting machine

How I hacked an electronic voting machine

Roger Johnston is the head of the Vulnerability Assessment Team at Argonne National Laboratory. Not long ago, he and his colleagues launched security attacks on electronic voting machines to demonstrate the startling ease with which one can steal votes. Even more startling: Versions of those machines will appear in polling places all over America on […]

Before his death, Colonel broke his silence on a 1967 mystery at ICBM base

Before his death, Colonel broke his silence on a 1967 mystery at ICBM base

Frederick Meiwald’s obituary in the Las Vegas Journal-Review last August was brief but distinguished. During a 28-year military career that included posts with Strategic Air Command and Space Command, he earned the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Joint Service Commendation Medal. What it didn’t include, not […]

‘Hunter’s Moon’ greets dawn, winter months in Italian Alps

‘Hunter’s Moon’ greets dawn, winter months in Italian Alps

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION] Late October’s Full Moon, the second Full Moon after the northern hemisphere autumnal equinox, has been traditionally called the Hunter’s Moon. According to lore, the name is a fitting one because this Full Moon lights the night during a time for hunting in preparation for the coming winter months. […]

An American witch leaves the dark for the light

An American witch leaves the dark for the light

Author S.A. (Seleah Ally) Tower shares her story of life as a former witch who became a Christian in her book Taken from the Night – A Witches Encounter With God. What is it about witches in particular? You were drawn to a witch’s “lifestyle” at one point in your life. Why the fascination from […]

An apocalypse named Sandy

An apocalypse named Sandy

NEW YORK  — The city on Sunday looked as though a catastrophe had already struck. Manhattan sidewalks were littered with suitcases, babies were crying, police shouted evacuation orders through the loudspeakers of their vehicles and some stores were sold out of water. The feeling of urgency was particularly noticeable in Battery Park, Manhattan’s southernmost tip, […]

Interstellar dust clouds make the dark skies blue

Interstellar dust clouds make the dark skies blue

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION.] This lovely blue cosmic cloud begins the van den Bergh Catalog (vdB) of stars surrounded by reflection nebulae. Interstellar dust clouds reflecting the light of the nearby stars, the nebulae usually appear blue because scattering by the dust grains is more effective at shorter (bluer) wavelengths. The same type […]

Paul Kurtz, skeptic of paranormal claims, can test hypotheses — or not — with death at 86

Paul Kurtz, skeptic of paranormal claims, can test hypotheses — or not — with death at 86

Paul Kurtz, who became a national leader in efforts to debunk paranormal phenomena and pseudoscience — what he called “insidious” gimmicks that had blossomed into an industry profiting on ignorance, died Oct. 20 at his home in Amherst, N.Y. He was 86. … Dr. Kurtz taught philosophy for 25 years at the State University of New […]

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