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Is the CDC Wrong to Endorse Tamiflu?

The people clearly proven to be benefitting from the flu medication are its manufacturers.

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Coming soon: The university of the internet

Massive open online courses could change almost everything about higher education. And they're coming faster than anyone expected, Steve Kelman finds.

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Sequestration clock ticks down the final days

As the window narrows for government leaders to undo sequestration's automatic spending cuts, leaders are ramping up opposition to the measure and warning of the grave impact that the cuts would bring. But other groups are taking a different tack, suggesting that at least some of the cuts could be beneficial for the nation.

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Why does NOAA launch satellites?

The Conversation: Our responses to your questions and comments.

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No Existing Technology Can Ensure Drone Safety, GAO Official Says

Unmanned aircraft operations need more spectrum, could be hit by GPS jamming.

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How Rubber Cement Brought Down a $4.6 Million Drone

The stuff used for minor car repairs isn’t so great for affixing computer chips to aircraft.

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Why Some Scientists Aren't Happy About Obama's $3 Billion Brain Research Plan

Researchers say the project lacks clear goals and gobbles up money that could've gone to better studies.

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Why a Secret Court Won't Solve the Drone-Strike Problem

In our system, courts don't grant indulgences or offer absolution; they decide cases, and they don't advise the president.

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Cybersecurity Order Neglects the Workforce

Directive makes little mention of the people who protect our computer systems.

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North Korea's Nuclear Negotiating Game Has It All Backwards

The rogue state says it wants to conduct one or two more nuclear tests.

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FAA Seeks Operators for Six Domestic Drone Test Sites

Texas lawmaker introduces bill to ensure privacy rights.

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Veterans Affairs CIO Roger Baker Plans to Resign

The high-profile executive has not set his departure date beyond the near future.

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Removing barriers to government performance improvement

In his State of the Union address, Obama called for a smarter government. Our readers have some ideas about how to get there.

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VA Processes Some Post-9/11 GI Bill Claims Manually Despite $263 Million IT Investment

System lacks easy to portal to help vets track claims.

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Video: Russian Meteor Was the Biggest in a Century

At least that's what the early data suggests.

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The FDA Just Approved a Bionic Eye that Lets Blind People See

The device uses a video camera attached to a pair of glasses that communicate with electrodes implanted in the retina.

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Lawmakers Set to Grill Defense, VA on Health Records U-Turn

House Veterans’ Affairs panel schedules a hearing on decision to abandon integrated system.

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Toward the Treatment of Alzheimer's With Electrical Shocks to the Brain

Deep brain stimulation, currently used to treat tremors, may one day be able to preserve and restore memories.

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Video Blogger Grills Obama on Transparency

Leaked guidelines on drone strikes prompt tough questioning on Google hangout.

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Nuclear Negotiations with Iran Fail... Again

Herman Nackaerts of the IAEA arrived in Vienna this morning to report that no progress had been made on an agreement to inspect Iran's nuclear energy sites.