Vice President Joe Biden is unveiling a public database for clinical data on cancer on Monday that aims to help researchers and doctors better tailor new treatments to individuals. Overseen by the National Cancer Institute outside Washington, the Genomic Data Commons starts with genomic and clinical data for 12,000 patients. The system is designed to […]
Obama Takes This Year’s State of Union to YouTube, Snapchat
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wired up, and ready to go. President Barack Obama is pushing his State of the Union address further into cyberspace this year with appearances on YouTube and Snapchat. The White House says Tuesday’s address will stream live on YouTube, giving viewers another way to watch. Then Obama will sit down Friday with […]
Obama Drives Ahead on Climate with Emissions Cuts
President Barack Obama ordered the federal government on Thursday to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by nearly half over the next decade, driving his climate change agenda forward despite percolating challenges from Republican-led states. By curtailing pollution within the U.S. government, Obama sought to increase political pressure on other nations to deal seriously with climate […]
7 Largest U.S. Districts to Teach Computer Science
The seven largest school districts in the U.S. are joining more than 50 others to start offering introductory computer science to all their students, the White House said Monday. The school districts encompassing New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Las Vegas, Houston and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, are committing to offer the course in high school […]
Power Plant Debate Prompts War of Stats
Washington (AP) — President Barack Obama’s new pollution limits for power plants have set off an avalanche of information about what the rules will cost, how they will affect your health and how far they will go toward curbing climate change. There’s just one problem: Almost none of it is based in reality. That’s because […]
Power Plant Debate Prompts War of Stats
President Barack Obama’s new pollution limits for power plants have set off an avalanche of information about what the rules will cost, how they will affect your health and how far they will go toward curbing climate change. There’s just one problem: Almost none of it is based in reality. Read: Obama: Climate Change Deniers […]
How Obama’s Power Plant Emission Rules will Work
The Obama administration on Monday plans to make public the first rules limiting carbon emissions from the thousands of power plants. The pollution controls form the cornerstone of President Barack Obama’s campaign to combat climate change and a key element of his legacy. Read: EPA Seeks to Cut Power Plant Carbon by 30 Percent Obama […]
Pew report shows Obama more aggressive than Romney in targeting voters online
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four years ago, then-Sen. Barack Obama got a head start on Arizona Sen. John McCain when it came to reaching voters online, on their mobile phones and on social media. Young voters, the group most likely to tune in digitally to the presidential campaign, broke overwhelmingly for Obama, giving him the biggest […]