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William Belcher/U.S. Air Force The Military Tackles Anonymous Data-Sharing
DARPA is tackling online privacy. But can you trust them?
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Caren Firouz/Reuters America's Damaging Obsession With Iran's Centrifuges
And how it could result in Tehran getting the bomb
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Mandel Ngan/AP Why Obama's Cybersecurity Plan May Not Make Americans Safer
The president's proposal promises to anonymize data. Experts don't think that will help.
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Muhammad Ghouri/Flickr A Hacker's Hit List of American Infrastructure
In an 800-page document dump, the U.S. government revealed critical vulnerabilities.
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Wilfredo Lee/AP Republican Senators Aren't Sold on Jeb Bush
Despite his credentials as a governor, fellow GOPers worry about his foreign-policy bonafides.
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Kevin Lamarque/Reuters The Veterans With Robotic Arms
The U.S. government is investing heavily in the creation of sophistcated prosthetic limbs for returning soldiers. Could they someday be used on the battlefield, too?
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Office of Naval Research The Navy's Future Fleet of Swarming Boat-Drones
The use of autonomous boats could lead to more artificial intelligence in modern combat.
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Dominic Bartsch/Flickr Who Will Defend Tomorrow's Digital Countries?
Estonia is offering virtual citizenship to millions. They will need real military protection.
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Don McCullough/Flickr Predicting PTSD
New research suggests that it may be possible to identify who's more likely to have negative lasting effects from trauma—and to stop the symptoms before they start.
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Dmitry Lovetsky/AP How Technology Is Unraveling the Clues of Flight MH17
Building a case with satellite imagery, black boxes and tweets
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Reuters The Military Doesn't Want You to Quit Facebook and Twitter
The Defense Department is already using social media to track your mood.
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Jae C. Hong/AP The Military Is Building Brain Chips to Treat PTSD
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Sarah Holmlund/Shutterstock The Military Wants to Teach Robots Right From Wrong
The U.S. government is spending millions on developing machines that understand moral consequence.
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Edward Echwalu/Reuters How to Fight Poachers With Drones and Big Data
Can high-tech solutions help save Africa's threatened wildlife?
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Ray Stubblebine/Reuters The Iranian Nuclear Deal Is Working
With most of its medium-enriched uranium diluted, Tehran's interim agreement with the world powers appears to be a success.
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If the Robots Kill Us, It's Because It's Their Job
Don't kill us, guys.
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Gleb Garanich/Reuters Unmasking Russia's Presence in Ukraine—With Science
Can biometrics establish a link between Moscow and the shadowy gunmen in eastern Ukraine?
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REUTERS/Carolyn Kaster/Pool Done Deal: Iran Agrees to Suspend Nuclear Program
"It's just a first step," one U.S. official cautions.
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Kevin Baron Inside the Navy's New Stealth Destroyer
Welcome aboard the Zumwalt, a vehicle that looks more suited for space travel than plying the Pacific.
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How Obama Can Help Iraq
Iraqi President Nouri al-Maliki has come to Washington to ask for the president's help as violence there threatens to destabilize the entire region.
