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By Paul Solman Watch Video What if government paid for the information it collected on its citizens? Jaron Lanier, widely regarded as the father of virtual reality and the author of "Who Owns the Future?", suggests that would be one...
File photo of Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., by David Paul Morris/Getty Images In his first U.S. television interview since the latest news broke of the government's surveillance program, Google's chief legal officer David...
Watch Video Video shot and produced by Elizabeth Shell. Dr. Ronald Stockton has been teaching political science and international relations for decades at the University of Michigan, Dearborn. But rather than sit at his desk, this septuagenarian...
An installation of handmade bones was laid out on the National Mall to protest genocide. The effort was organized by One Million Bones. Photo by Simone Pathe. For 48 hours, the grass on the National Mall disappeared underneath a sea of white and...
View Slide Show See how the harsh environment in Qatar is made more adaptable to growing fruits and vegetables. In the small Middle Eastern country of Qatar, where fresh water is scarce and most food is imported, scientists are testing ways to...
Researchers in Qatar are trying new techniques to grow food, such as pumping carbon dioxide into greenhouses and using drip irrigation in sandy plant beds.Vegetable MarketA small desert country, Qatar imports more than 90 percent of its food and...
