Emerging Tech

Space Lasers Will Beam Astronauts’ Superfast Video

'It's like upgrading from dial-up to DSL.'

Emerging Tech

SpaceX Is Set to Live-Test the Reusable Rocket That Could Change Spaceflight

A reusable rocket could help the company dominate the putting-things-in-space business.

Emerging Tech

NASA Tries to Cash In on Russia Tensions

The space agency isn't letting the Crimean crisis go to waste.

Emerging Tech

Government-Run Competitions Should Be About Markets, Not Prizes

That means knowing where you want the market to go but giving competitors flexibility to get there faster.

Emerging Tech

Is It Time for the U.S. to Partner With China in Space?

One of America's biggest rivals could also be its next best ally in the cosmos.

Digital Government

Nuclear Accident? Fasten Up Your 'Radiation Belt'

Device could protect its wearer from the effects of gamma radiation in a nuclear emergency.

Emerging Tech

Mars Photo Probably Shows a 'Cosmic Ray Hit,' Not an Underground Alien Base

NASA's Curiosity transmits Martian landscape image with a curious light in the distance.

Emerging Tech

The Federal Government Is Charging Jerk.com With Deceiving Customers

FTC says the social-networking site secretly took information from Facebook to create user profiles.

Emerging Tech

How Technology Failed to Fix Kenya’s Election

While the 2013 elections were largely violence free, that was no thanks to technology.

Digital Government

Nuclear Facility Security System Implicated in Nun Break-In Now Fixed

The security system for the Tennessee complex was completed early and for $20 million less than expected.

Digital Government

Why Doctors Still Use Pen and Paper

Health care reformer David Blumenthal explains why the medical system can’t move into the digital age.

Modernization

NASA Wants You to Play Its Satellite Moon-Crash Guessing Game

When will a satellite go splat on the moon? Guess now and you could be a winner.

Emerging Tech

When NASA Cut Ties With Russia, Was It Really Targeting Congress?

Crimea created an opportunity to restart the space race and push for a full space budget.

Emerging Tech

Senators: Slow Hunt of Patent Trolls Isn't Gridlock. It's Genius.

Panel promises it is on the precipice of a grand compromise on how to best slay patent trolls.