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IEEE Spectrum has been researching some of the US government's biggest IT project fails in hopes of understanding just why the government has such a dismal technology track record.
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| Updated | 2025-09-15 05:47 |
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A physicist at Harvard has a new theory as to what caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
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The presidential race is heating up across America, but north of the border a new face from a fabled political dynasty just romped into power with a landslide win that signals considerable change. Gone is the oil-friendly Stephen Harper and taking over as prime minister is Justin Trudeau, son of popular leader Pierre Trudeau, of the left-leaning Liberal Party. What does this mean for controversial energy projects in Canada and the US?
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Gary Younge's forthcoming book about gun violence in America follows the lives of 10 slain children.
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On Thursday, word came that ExxonMobil is being investigated for possibly misleading shareholders on the risks climate change poses to its business. On Friday, President Obama killed the Keystone XL oil pipeline to the US from Canada, citing the threat of climate change from burning fossil fuels. The oil business has seen worse weeks, but perhaps not many.
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Sierra Leone is counting down to an Ebola-free future: November 7 marks the day the country will celebrate being officially declared free of the disease.
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The Presidents of China and Taiwan are to hold their first summit since the Chinese civil war ended in 1949. They are to meet in Singapore on Saturday. But it’ll take a long time for relations to be normalized.
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