November 27, 2013 | US News & World Report

Until recently, angel investors seemed a bit ethereal. Rarely seen, their influence in providing seed money for promising concepts and entrepreneurs was taken on faith. But in the past five years, angels have come down from the clouds to organize and to track their results. As with all investments, the devil is in the details. These down-to-earth tips will help you sort through the if, how and when of becoming an angel investor.

November 28, 2013 | Sacramento Bee

A surge in U.S. oil production has in just a few short years propelled the United States from a country largely dependent on oil imports to one that soon could become the world’s top oil producer. The goal of North American energy self-sufficiency, the holy grail of American politics since the Arab oil boycott of 1973, seems to be within grasp. Fracking opened up a new world and it won’t close any time soon.

November 30, 2013 | NPR

There is a broad scientific consensus that to keep global warming in check, we need to phase out 80 percent of all oil, coal and natural gas by midcentury. There are technologists who say this national goal is well within reach, but there are also economists who are quite pessimistic about those prospects.

November 27, 2013 | BusinessWeek

The two policy subjects most likely to raise the hackles of your average techie: the patent system and the importance of effective cryptography. Now a court case in Texas has managed to roll the two esoteric topics together in the most aggravating way possible.