Digital Government

NASA Reveals Unprecedented Image of Deep Space

The image draws on nine year's worth of shots taken by the Hubble Telescope.

Emerging Tech

NASA Is About to Test a Mega-Parachute at the Edge of Space

If the largest ever supersonic parachute works, we'll be a step closer to putting a human on Mars.

Digital Government

FCC May Redefine What It Means to Have 'Broadband' Internet

High-speed Internet, as currently defined by the government, is four megabits per second.

Emerging Tech

Why Terrorists Love Twitter

A Q&A with a leading scholar on terrorism and media.

Digital Government

How DARPA's Augmented Reality Software Works

Why is the military succeeding where Google Glass failed?

Emerging Tech

Two Big Labs Step Back From the Most Promising Next-Generation Battery

IBM and the US-funded Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) have ratcheted down or outright abandoned their work on the lithium-air battery.

Emerging Tech

You Can Now Get a 3D Printer for Under $200

Three-dimensional printing is about to get a whole lot easier, cheaper, and more user-friendly.

Cybersecurity

Senate Defense Bill Unearths NSA ‘Sharkseer’ Program

Lawmakers want to drop $30 million on an obscure National Security Agency cybersecurity program.

Modernization

Apple Wants You to Run Your Home from Your iPhone

This new system will allow users to control their lights, appliances, and security systems right from their iOS device

Digital Government

Video: The US Forest Service's Laboratory of Fire

At the Fire Lab in Missoula, Montana, researchers reverse-engineer spreading fires.

Emerging Tech

Self-Driving Cars are Hitting California Roads (for Testing) This September

California has become one of the first states to create working regulations for autonomous vehicles on public roads.

Emerging Tech

America Just Launched a Rocket on a Secret Mission Into Space

An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, equipped with a "classified satellite" for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Modernization

House Votes to Halt Obama's Plan to Give Up Internet Authority

Republicans fear Russia or China could gain new influence over the Internet.

Emerging Tech

NASA Has a New Plan to Save Its Zombie Spaceship

A long-lost spaceship may still have some life left in it—if a California company can figure out how to talk to it.

Digital Government

Data.gov Turns Five

The public repository for government data sets is nimble because it’s had to be.

Modernization

Connected Cars Face One Big Problem: Staying Connected

As anyone who has ever driven through a mountainous region or remote stretch will know, it can be hard catching a signal strong enough to even make a phone call.