Category Archives: Science & Technology

NASA funds 3D food printer, pizza is the first item on the menu

Last week we had lab-grown burgers ; this week it's powdered pizza. NASA's gotten in on the synthesized food action by awarding a $125,000 grant to Anjan Contractor, head of Systems & Materials Research Corporation, to develop a 3D food printer. The first

U.S. power companies under frequent cyberattack

A survey of U.S. utilities shows many are facing frequent cyberattacks that could threaten a highly interdependent power grid supplying more than 300 million people, according to a congressional report. More than a dozen utilities said cyberattacks were da

The Irish loophole behind Apple's low tax bill

told Reuters. Cook told the subcommittee that Apple was attracted to Ireland in 1980, when the country was offering incentives to technology companies as it tried to build an industrial base. Over the years, the structures Apple uses have evolved, and the