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A patent case entitled The Association for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. was recently decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the appellate court responsible for hearing all patent appeals.

A nuclear explosive device detonated in an American city would cause catastrophic loss of life and long-term economic damage. Such event is not likely, at present, but the threat may increase. Reducing the likelihood of nuclear terrorism is not a simple matter.

For years, humans have wondered what it would be like to get inside the mind of another species, to understand how they thought, felt, and saw the world around them. Until recently our understanding of the minds of other species that share this planet was little more than guess work.

Lately, it seems not a month goes by without the news of another groundbreaking or life-extending drug being released to market. From blood pressure to osteoporosis and everything in between, medicines are being approved and stocked at your local pharmacy.

Over the past 15 years, the world has witnessed a technology boom that has brought the Internet into our houses and airwaves, Facebook to our daily routine, and more computing power in the conventional toaster oven than what was required to get a man on the moon.