Emerging Tech

NASA's Mission to Find Earth-Like Planets Might Be Over

Two of the wheels that control the direction in which the spacecraft points are broken.

Digital Government

This Stem-Cell Cloning Breakthrough Is Going to Revive the Same Old Debate

Researchers in Oregon are creating perfectly matched human tissues through the process of cell cloning.

Cybersecurity

There Are 12.5 Unprotected Versions of the Average American’s Personal Information on the Web

Safe Shepherd is a company that searches the web for all the public records available on its clients.

Digital Government

How Drug Companies Keep Medicine Out of Reach

The promise of delinking research and development from the actual manufacture of drugs, and why the pharmaceutical industry rejects an idea that could turn neglected diseases into profit.

Emerging Tech

Dot-govs Dip Below 1,000

That’s down from about 1,500 when the White House launched a consolidation initiative in 2011.

Emerging Tech

The Story of an Open Document

Here's how the White House open data policy came together.

Modernization

Feds Release Source Code for Dozens of Government Apps

Agency developers could use the code to create new apps or suggest changes to existing apps.

Emerging Tech

So This Is How It Begins: Guy Refuses to Stop Drone-Spying on Seattle Woman

Is this legal?

Emerging Tech

A New One-Stop Shop for State-Level Mobile Apps

The apps catalog includes more than 160 apps built by state governments.

Emerging Tech

Astronauts at the International Space Station Successfully Fixed Leaky Pump

The impromptu five-hour mission was completed ahead of schedule.

Emerging Tech

How YouTube Can Make Your Congressional Hearing a Hit

Benghazi hearing draws crowds as first legislative live stream on the video sharing site.

Emerging Tech

CDC Wants Trainees to 'Temporarily Forget' Exercises Aren't Real

Virtual simulations can be an 'emotional vaccine' for staff before they go out in the field.

Emerging Tech

The Space Station is Leaking Vital Fluid

The leak isn't putting the astronauts in any immediate danger, officials say.

Emerging Tech

A Blast from the Open Data Past

The excitement around open GPS data proved founded.