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Monday, January 28, 2013

Boeing’s 787 Battery Eggs: All in One Lithium Basket

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Excuse the tortured metaphor, but the old advice about not putting all your eggs in one basket applies to engineering as...
Monday, January 21, 2013

Ethical Lessons from Lance

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Trying to learn a lesson in ethics from bicyle-racing star Lance Armstrong’s public confession last week is a little lik...
Monday, January 14, 2013

Mines of Tears: Uranium Mining and the Navajos

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Suppose you are a member of the Navajo Nation living on a reservation near Shiprock, New Mexico in 1960.   You hear of a...
Monday, January 07, 2013

Texas’ Light Bulb Law: Not the Brightest Bulb On the Tree

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Each January brings with it a slew of laws scheduled to take effect on the first of the year, and 2013 is no exception.   As of Jan. ...
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Monday, December 31, 2012

Toyota Settles Class-Action Gas-Pedal Suit

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On August 28, 2009, an off-duty California highway patrolman named Mark Saylor was driving his Lexus (made by Toyota) ne...
Monday, December 24, 2012

Caught with the Web: Academic Cheating and the Internet

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For the most part, universities have resigned from the business of teaching morals, but with one important exception:   ...
Monday, December 17, 2012

Two Views of Porn, and What South Korea Does About It

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Pornography is a big business, something that millions of people around the world indulge in, and while viewing it can g...
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Monday, December 10, 2012

National Research Council Gives NASA a C-

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The U. S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has just been judged by a blue-ribbon panel appointed by ...
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Monday, December 03, 2012

Will Wind Power Fall Off the Fiscal Cliff?

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If you have driven a considerable distance in West Texas (and it’s hard not to drive a considerable distance when things...