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In Focus: Super Monkey Collider Loses Funding

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 11.11.2009 | Home

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PALO ALTO, CA--Scientists insist the collider is important to study of the universe, as no one knows for certain what happens when monkeys collide....

Body Found At Hoover Pool: Gabriel Contreras Dead Beneath Pool Cover In Redwood City Public Pool

San Jose Mercury News | Posted 11.07.2009 | Home


A maintenance worker found the body of Gabriel Contreras, 21, of Palo Alto after lifting part of the cover from the swimming pool at Hoover Park. The ...

Facebook Offices Unveiled (PHOTOS)

Shelterpop | Jaime Derringer | Posted 11.01.2009 | Technology


The brand new Facebook offices in Palo Alto, California got the designer treatment from Studio O+A architects....

Other Economists in the Room

Jane Smiley | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business


Jane Smiley

I don't disagree with Paul Krugman, but he is missing out on some big issues that also need to be discussed and understood before we actually know what is going on in our world.

Facebook's Digital Rascals and the Iran Election

Pablo Manriquez | Posted 07.26.2009 | Media


Pablo Manriquez

What was once a hopeful demand becomes a site-busting tsunami, a brute digital force veiled in Mousavi green.

Report: 90 Of Waking Hours Spent Staring At Glowing Rectangles

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 07.16.2009 | Home

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PALO ALTO, CA—The report found that at work, special information rectangles aid in completing business-related tasks, while entertainment rectan...

Stanford Anti-War Protesters Want Condi Booted for War Crimes

Phil Trounstine | Posted 06.03.2009 | Politics


Phil Trounstine

About 150 protest veterans, who led the fight 40 years ago to dislodge Stanford University from the War in Vietnam, on Sunday called on Stanford to sever relations with former Provost Condoleezza Rice.

Is Nairobi The Next Palo Alto?

New York Times | G. PASCAL ZACHARY | Posted 07.27.2008 | Business


IN the republic of innovation, life is unfair. A relatively small number of places -- all in wealthy countries or in China and India -- create nearly ...