Emerging Tech
Snakes on a plane! That are actually laser-wielding robots!
Why tiny, wriggling machines could be the future of airplane repair
Emerging Tech
Video: Clay Shirky on how the Internet will (one day) transform government
Why we should both temper -- and embrace -- our optimism about the digital world
Emerging Tech
Space is the new frontier of the 2012 presidential campaign
A Romney presidency, the candidate says, would "rebuild NASA" without more funding.
Digital Government
Video: NASA satellites capture the ground impact of droughts, from 2002 to today
Ten years' worth of Earth's wetness and aridity, as observed from space
Digital Government
Google News at 10: How the algorithm won over the news industry
Google's "billions of clicks" are only half of the story.
Digital Government
What sequestration would do to the country's science budgets
In a new report, the Obama Administration details what will happen if Congress can't find a budget compromise before January 2013.
Emerging Tech
Swabbing and hoping: How NASA keeps germs from colonizing Mars
The agency tries to keep humans from inadvertently populating other planets.
Digital Government
The World Wide Web, by the numbers
The founder of the web checks in on his creation, with mixed results.
Emerging Tech
President Obama's Reddit AMA: The numbers are in, and they're huge
The stats behind the "the only link in recorded history to have surpassed the front page"
Emerging Tech
Curiosity takes its first drive, leaving Morse code on Mars
Humans, via their robotic rover, are now leaving their mark on the Red Planet.
Emerging Tech
The Wikipedia edit wars begin on Ryan's page
Term "brown noser" has appeared in Ryan's page.
Digital Government
Google keeps paying deceased employees' families for a decade
The tech giant recently announced extensive new life insurance benefits.
Emerging Tech
Shots all around! The World Wide Web is now old enough to drink
The World Wide Web can buy a drink! But the World Wide Web cannot rent a car.
Digital Government
Database captures every bomb the U.S. has dropped since World War I
The history of war, as told from the perspective of the weapons themselves
Emerging Tech
Video: Astronaut Sally Ride defied gravity
Video of the journey that turned a physicist into a trailblazer.
Digital Government
What the Internet actually looks like
A visual rendering of the infrastructure of the Internet
Digital Government
It's official: Apple computers are no longer virus-free
"It doesn't get PC viruses" has become "It's built to be safe."
Emerging Tech
Canada will spy on people, politely
Officials say monitoring and recording practiced are already in place at airports and border points of entry across the country.
Emerging Tech
Video: Don Pettit is about to become your favorite astronaut
The space station scientist has found the best way imaginable to pass the lonely hours away from earth.
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