Emerging Tech

Curiosity's Hit-and-Run Leads to Another Martian Discovery

Behold: "One of the whitest things" we've seen on the Red Planet

Digital Government

A Brief History of Applause, the 'Big Data' of the Ancient World

Once, people measured their leaders -- and themselves -- one clap at a time.

Emerging Tech

What Is 3D Printing? And Will It Change the World?

The PBS series "Off Book" considers the impact of this much-hyped technology.

Emerging Tech

SpaceX's Dragon Capsule Encountered a Problem in Orbit

Three of the four thruster pods on the capsule failed to deploy.

Digital Government

A Medical Lab in Your Smartphone

A new app is "trying to democratize healthcare" -- in this case, through urinalysis.

Digital Government

9 New Ways to Sit in the Office, Thanks to Smartphones and Tablets

Mobile computing has changed the way we communicate, the way we work ... and the way we lounge.

Digital Government

Astronauts on the ISS Have Trouble With Work-Life Balance, Too

The good news: Even astronauts feel like they don't have enough time. The bad: Even astronauts feel like they don't have enough time.

Emerging Tech

Here is the robot that will extract water from the moon

NASA's latest prototype has found a way to, quite literally, get water out of rocks. No word on if it can get blood from stone yet.

Digital Government

TSA has ended its contract with controversial scanner maker Rapiscan

The company failed to deliver software to protect passenger privacy, the agency said.

Digital Government

The age of surgical censorship

Iran's "smart" approach involves monitoring, rather than blocking, its citizens' use of social media.

Cybersecurity

The future of cybersecurity could be sitting in an office in New Jersey

Meet CyberCity, the model train town hoping to keep your home safe from attack.

Digital Government

For sale: NASA launchpad, gently used

NASA's space shuttle program may be holding a going-out-of-business sale.

Digital Government

Why the Internet makes it hard to procrastinate

Technology allows us a "read later" mentality. We don't seem to want it.

Emerging Tech

The trash we've left on the moon

The lunar surface is strewn with hundreds of manmade items, from spacecraft to bags of urine to monumental plaques.

Modernization

Video: An astronaut-guided tour of the most amazing house ever built

Fun fact: The space station's pantry is stocked with marshmallow fluff.