Cybersecurity
61.5% of Web Traffic Is Not Human
And here's how to build your own little traffic bot, even though you shouldn't.
Emerging Tech
Drone-Delivery Expert on Amazon's Plans
"We’re convinced that it’s going to be the next big paradigm in transportation."
Digital Government
HP Lovecraft on Big Data
"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents."
Emerging Tech
How the Comet Lost Its Tail
An entrancing lesson in the power of the coronal mass ejection -- on Thanksgiving?!
Emerging Tech
Is Google's Secretive Research Lab Working on Human-Dolphin Communication?
The short answer is 'no,' but the long answer is much more interesting.
Modernization
How Many Astronauts Believe Aliens Exist?
All of them, according to former Space Station commander Chris Hadfield. At least somewhere.
Emerging Tech
How to Launder Billions of Digital Dollars
Less like the gangsterism of old; more like a lawless Paypal.
Digital Government
Test Your Techie Trivia Skills: Where Are Those 90s Terms Now?
Will twerk and phablet go the way of e-tailing and palmtop, or endure like geek and LOL?
Cybersecurity
Among the NSA's Own Tips for Securing Computers: Remove the Webcam
And if the NSA doesn't trust a piece of hardware, you probably shouldn't either.
Emerging Tech
NASA's Massive Free E-Book Collection
Who could resist Exploring Space With a Camera? Or Rockets and People, the autobiography of rocket designer Boris Chertok?
Digital Government
13 Little Things NASA Did to Get Alan Shepard Ready for Space
Bacon, an early bedtime, and a few tattoos to mark where the electrodes go
Emerging Tech
This Tiny Blue Dot on Mars Is Our Rover
The Mars Reconaissance Orbiter spots Curiosity down on the surface
Emerging Tech
3D Printing: Not Every Hobby Turns Into the PC Industry
Despite the massive increase in hype, 3D printing's growth rate has hardly changed in recent years.
Modernization
So Far, There Are Only 3 Big Winners in the Smartphone Market
Apple, Samsung, and Google.
Digital Government
The Future of Brick-and-Mortar Retailers? Turning Into Data Centers
At least, that's one thing Sears is trying out.
Digital Government
NASA's 19-Gigapixel Filmstrip of the Earth from Russia to South Africa
A meditation on the diversity of Earth.
Emerging Tech
Is This Virtual Worm the First Sign of the Singularity?
A far-flung team is trying to build the first digital lifeform to work out the basic principles of the brain.
Digital Government
Operation Acoustic Kitty: The CIA's Would-Be Cat Spy
The Cold War, a spy agency and many misadventures.
Digital Government
The Hordes of Microbes Inside Your Body Are Your Friends
An interview with the synthetic biologist Christina Agapakis
Emerging Tech
NASA Announces the Discovery of the Most Interesting Planetary System Outside Our Own
Meet Kepler 62, a system of five planets circling a red star, 1,200 light years away.
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