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Video: Syrian rebels now have a tank powered by a Playstation controller

The Sham II was assembled out of spare parts over the course of a month/

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Great health care requires great medical educators

Education is not an industrial process; it is a human one.

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Army leads services in substance abuse diagnoses

Service accounts for nearly three-quarters of total cases.

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Mobile health tech: From novel startups to global industry

Last week's mHealth summit in Washington, D.C., gave tech leaders an opportunity to evaluate the field and its future.

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Buggy software: Achilles' heel of big-data-powered science?

Scholarly writing suggests software defects are holding big data back.

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Report chronicles the rising burden of military mental health care

Mental disorders accounted for 63 percent increase in hospital visits during 11 years of war.

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More invisible wounds of war

VA expands list of illnesses related to traumatic brain injury that will qualify vets for disability benefits.

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Electronic records surge continues

Nearly 72 percent of office-based doctors use them.

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Telework milestones

It's been two years since the Telework Enhancement Act was signed into law.

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Virtual border fence contract postponed due to fierce competition

Deal for SBInet replacement delayed by nine months.

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Interior revamps business center

Restructured business center expected to add to efficiency, officials say.

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NASA website set for overhaul

The overhaul of NASA.gov will make use of ideas the public has submitted through Ideascale. One challenge: Making the site more scalable so that demand spikes caused by new content such as satellite images of Earth at night won't crash the system.

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Levin, McCain bash failed Air Force logistics system

A $1 billion investment yielded less than $150 million in usable tech, senators say.

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Defense and Veterans Affairs aim to speed up joint health record rollout

Departments will ‘meet or beat’ original plan for full deployment by 2017.

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Ex-White House official aims to get 'do not track' back on track

Peter Swire will co-chair a working group created by the World Wide Web Consortium.

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NOAA readies for satellite gap

Scientific research continues at NOAA, but a coming gap in satellite coverage could soon interrupt.

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DOD begins planning for fiscal cliff

OMB provides guidance on planning for the drastic spending cuts that may be coming soon.

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App developers and other techs poised to make more money next year

Salary guide predicts growth for IT skill sets in high demand.

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Do Democrats have the edge in tech skills?

GOP's future may depend on closing gaps exposed by the presidential race.

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'If this were government it would be a news story'

An experience in a movie line triggers thoughts of government oversight and the press for Steve Kelman.