Digital Government
What big space data looked like in 1962
Fifty years ago, we recorded the learnings of our space explorers with paper scrolls.
Modernization
How the UN's 'game-changing' Internet treaty failed
The document could have changed the Internet -- but probably won't. Here's what went down.
Modernization
The Pope has tweeted
The leader of the world's Catholics has sent his first messages to his hundreds of thousands of (Twitter) followers.
Digital Government
The year in tech, 2012
The tech landscape changed everything from how we elect presidents to how we fight wars.
Emerging Tech
Via the Moon, a theory of life on Mars
NASA captures, quite literally, gravity's rainbow.
Emerging Tech
For lonely astronauts, a robotic companion
Koichi Wakata will have a humanoid pal to keep him company in space.
Digital Government
What's your country's risk of Internet blackout?
Good news for the U.S. is really bad news for Syria. And Libya. And ... Greenland.
Emerging Tech
How can there be water ice on Mercury, which is right next to the Sun?
A hot planet, NASA just announced, hosts cold -- very cold -- water.
Digital Government
The Internet is down in Syria
More than 90 percent of the networks in the country are out.
Modernization
The future of smartphone tech is ... knuckle-dragging?
New software tries to expand the "touch" in "touchscreen."
Emerging Tech
A single, severed cable cut contact between Russia and its satellites
The cause was, as it always is, all too human.
Digital Government
Today is the release day for a video game featuring David Petraeus
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 includes a "real-life-hero-turned-futuristic-video-game-politician."
Modernization
Gmail's location data led to the discovery of the Petraeus affair
The nation's chief intelligence officer, "narc'd out by Gmail"
Emerging Tech
What it's like to vote for President ... from space
"The best part of voting from the ISS," per astronaut Leroy Chiao? "No lines!"
Modernization
When the International Space Station passes over your house, NASA will send you a text message
Good news, space nerds! NASA will send ISS viewing info directly to you.
Emerging Tech
Curiosity's cousins: Meet the rover fleet of the Canadian Space Agency
A fleet of vehicles ready to explore lunar and Martian terrains
Emerging Tech
Do you suffer from motion sickness? NASA has your back
The space agency is developing a nasal spray to ease motion sickness in space and on Earth.
Emerging Tech
What the SpaceX Dragon capture looked like from the Space Station
The delivery is the first contracted resupply mission by the company.
Emerging Tech