Emerging Tech

How Astronauts Nearly Missed Taking the Iconic Earthrise Photo on Christmas Eve, 1968

New NASA video weaves together the audio recordings from inside the orbiter with illustrations and imagery.

Emerging Tech

DARPA Contest Lets Robots Compete to Save Humanity From Itself

Competition incentivizes technology that could save lives in disaster scenarios.

Emerging Tech

Behold: The World's First Digitally Signed International Agreement

Diplomacy, by ID card.

Emerging Tech

Video: Mistletoe Drone Floats Above San Francisco's Union Square

Can Christmas-themed drones turn around the technology's reputation as killing machines?

Emerging Tech

NASA's 'Asteroid Hunter' Is Back in Action

It's looking for a rock where we can land humans next decade.

Emerging Tech

Futures Market Shows Hillary, Christie Leading for 2016

The market uses play money but the best portfolios win real cash payouts.

Emerging Tech

The U.S. and China May Work Together in Space Now That This Guy Is Retiring

Outgoing Rep. Frank Wolf objected to Chinese political repression -- and he had a powerful voice in NASA funding.

Emerging Tech

Battery Maker's Fall Fuels Criticism of Federal Energy Investments

The mysterious story of the battery startup that promised GM a 200-mile electric car.

Emerging Tech

What to Believe About Security Risks in Subpoenaed HealthCare.gov Docs

Lawmakers disagree on the documents' release; the rest of us don't have enough info to decide.

Emerging Tech

Americans Continue to Drop Their Landline Phones

More than 36 percent of U.S. adults live in wireless-only households.

Digital Government

Battle Over HealthCare.gov Paper Trail Reaches House Leadership

Pelosi is seeking a classified briefing to discuss the cybersecurity risks of releasing some contractor documents.

Digital Government

Microsoft Executive to Lead HealthCare.gov

Kurt DelBene takes the reins from Jeffrey Zients to lead the site out of crisis mode.

Emerging Tech

Robots of Yore: Lab Footage From the 1980s to the Present

A montage from the University of Pennsylvania celebrates the work of three engineers.

Emerging Tech

D.C.’s Top Google Searches for 2013 Are So D.C.

Results show Washingtonians are searching for today's top news and ways to escape from work.

Emerging Tech

3D Printing Could Save the Environment, or Possibly Destroy It

The industry, projected to be worth $6 billion by 2016, could produce a culture of re-use or a culture of waste

Digital Government

Democrats Seek Classified Briefing on HealthCare.gov Docs, Citing Security

Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., says he won't endanger the system or Americans.