Subject: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

• IBM to Unveil World's Fastest Computer; Porn Addicts Giddy at the Possibilities

  I'm disturbed by what you're downloading, DaveJust seven months after creating the world's speediest supercomputer, those enablers at IBM have announced plans to craft one faster yet -- with the power of 2 million laptops (an improvement over my laptop, which has the power of half a laptop). The machine -- which may or may not sing "Daisy Bell" when its plug is yanked -- will be constructed for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. So, any qualms readers may have about the power of compu

  February 4, 2009

• An Inconvenient Plant

  One of the world's rarest plants grows in the Presidio. Plans are under way to save it — and ax thousands of trees in the process.

  April 16, 2008

• Global Warning

  Al Gore was in town last week to remind us all that we're ruining the planet. But do you think the concern about climate change is just a bunch of hot air?

  December 20, 2006

• Bugging Out

  The feds hold up germ experiments at Los Alamos National Lab

  February 11, 2004

• A Question of Risk

  Plans for a biodefense "hot lab" at Lawrence Livermore have ecologists, disarmament advocates, and mainstream scientists up in arms

  January 28, 2004

• The New Defenders

  An explosion of federal funding has Bay Area researchers at the forefront of America's counter-terrorism program. Will the money make us safer - or just make science a military secret?

  September 11, 2002

• Radiance

  January 30, 2002

• Under the Microscope

  The Muons' futurist folk conspiracy goes aboveground

  March 7, 2001

• Language Arts for a New Millennium

  Learning Spanish (for your gardener), Thai (your hooker), Bureaucrat (your scientist friends), and Digital (your enemies)

  March 7, 2001

• Unlocking the Secrets of Fusion

  May 27, 1998

• Building a Better Bomb

  While condemning India for its nuclear testing, the U.S. government quietly funnels billions to research programs aimed at creating an ever-more-virulent nuclear arsenal

  May 27, 1998

• The New Nuclear Age

  Livermore protest is mere theater, but lab's research raises real questions

  March 18, 1998

• Merchant of Redemption

  July 3, 1996

• U.S. Report: Wave of Laptop Thefts Hits Nuclear Weapons Lab Employees

  Gary, where'd you leave that laptop of yours?The toil of the Bay Area's laptop thieves used to be simple: Hang around parking lots and cafes, nab an unattended computer, and put ads on Craigslist.However, thanks to carelessness at an East Bay nuclear weapons lab, this workday has the potential to become much more tiring. Thanks to nuclear weapons workers' apparent habit of abandoning government laptops in public places, computer thieves may be now compelled to forgo Craigslist, and instead make

  July 2, 2009