Apple’s software guru departs: Is the tech giant going all mobile? (The Week)
New York – Bertrand Serlet, who helped rebuild Apple in the late ’90s, is leaving, and the tech world buzzes over what it means for Steve Jobs and Co. Apple announced on Wednesday that Bertrand Serlet, the software engineer instrumental in the development of Mac OS X, is leaving the company. Serlet, who said in his departure statement that he wants to “focus less on products and more on science,” has worked with Steve Jobs for 22 years, and was the driving force behind the software that helped launch the company back into prominence in 1997
Have scientists cracked the speed at which the universe is expanding? (The Week)
New York – Yes — and you’ll be pleased to know the magic figure is 73.8 km/sec/megaparsec. So…
Did God have a wife? (The Week)
New York – Yes, says a leading theologian. And she may have been edited out of the Bible All the great religions of the world share the belief that there is but one solitary creator of the universe
The new oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (The Week)
New York – A miles-long slick contaminates a stretch of beach hit hard by last year’s massive BP spill.
Why is the Tea Party silent on Libya? (The Week)
New York – Liberal critics are decrying the war on Moammar Gadhafi, but the right’s notoriously noisy grassroots movement has barely uttered a word. Why
Could Detroit disappear? (The Week)
New York – The population of the Motor City declined by an astonishing 25 percent in the last decade. Could it vanish altogether
Could the West’s anti-Gadhafi coalition fall apart? (The Week)
New York – Tensions are flaring as the U.S. and its allies debate who should take charge of the military mission in Libya Allied planes and warships continued to pummel Moammar Gadhafi’s forces with bombs and missiles on Thursday, but the coalition is showing signs of splintering.
Google Books: Shelved for good? (The Week)
New York – A judge rejects Google’s settlement with authors and publishers.
For safer nuclear power plants, leave the ’70s era behind (The Christian Science Monitor)
There’s much to not like about nuclear power. In an ideal world people wouldn’t rely on it
Japan’s radioactive tap water and 3 other new risks (The Week)
New York – Japanese officials set off warning bells in Tokyo by reporting that the city’s tap water could imperil infants.
