Technology/Science
GM’s Hands-Free Cadillac Coming in Two Years
General Motors Co., the largest U.S. automaker, will introduce a Cadillac model in two years that can travel on the highway without the driver holding the steering wheel or putting a foot on a pedal. ...
World Economies Lag in C02 Reductions to Slow Climate Change: PwC
The world's major economies are falling further behind every year in terms of meeting the rate of carbon emission reductions needed to stop global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees this ...
Hackers Present Challenges For Driverless Car Initiatives
A red VW Golf jerks back and forth as it maneuvers into a parking space in the English spa town of Cheltenham. The halting efforts resemble those of a new driver, and in a sense they are -- just not ...
Exploiting ‘Heartbleed’ Bug Aided Massive Hospital System Cyber Attack
Hackers who stole the personal data of about 4.5 million patients of hospital group Community Health Systems Inc broke into the company's computer system by exploiting the "Heartbleed" internet bug, ...
Subterranean Reservoir Meets Tokyo Typhoon Threat
Below the condos and boutiques of Tokyo's upscale Minato ward -- which includes Roppongi Hills, home to Goldman Sachs Group's Japan headquarters -- a boring machine has carved out the city's newest ...
Creating Added-Value Data Sets From Weather Model Forecasts
In the first part of this two-part series of articles, we examined the various weather models that drive most of the forecasts used by consumers and businesses to make weather-sensitive decisions. ...
The Role of Models in Weather Forecasting
UKMET. ECMWF. GFS. GFDL. To most of us, this potpourri of letters are seemingly chosen at random and have no meaning. It's almost as if someone reached into a large sack filled with all 26 alphabetic ...
Most Fracking Fluids Neither Toxic nor Harmless; Health Effects Unknown for One-Third
As the oil and gas drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing (or "fracking") proliferates, a new study on the contents of the fluids involved in the process raises concerns about several ...