US National Science Foundation blocks Global Voices Advocacy website
http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2011/04/20/us-national-science-founda...

The NSF is blocking access to "political/advocacy" websites, but what is more disturbing is that from my read of this article it is unclear if this is a decision of NSF officials or one pushed on them by their vendor of network filtering software.

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Researchers Succeed in Quantum Teleportation of Light Waves
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-04/quantum-teleportation-b...

another step towards the next phase of computing, this would mean that we are no longer restricted by the resistance of tiny wires and the overheating of processors by forcing so much through those tiny wires. very cool. maybe.

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