The authors propose the establishment of an International Nuclear Fuel Bank, controlled by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Countries would be able to draw fuel for their power plants, provided they agree to strict verification and inspections, and then return the spent fuel for safe oversight by the agency.
Robots killed at least 14 people in Pakistan last January. The mechanical attackers were airborne Predator drones, operated by remote control by the CIA. They fired Hellfire missiles at the village of Damadola in an unsuccessful attempt to kill the No. 2 Al Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri.
A new Pentagon report to Congress carries a strong warning that China's rapidly expanding and improving submarine fleet poses a mounting military threat to the United States.
The striking images of London subway bombers captured by the city's extensive video surveillance system and a rising sense that similar attacks could happen in the U.S. are renewing interest in expanding police camera surveillance of America's public places.
The defeat of the Bush administration's proposal to fund the development of next-generation "bunker-buster" nuclear weapons was hailed by arms control advocates as their biggest success in more than a decade.
The U.S. Congress Congress is taking up the question of whether the U.S. should continue its post-Cold War policy of lowering its military nuclear profile or instead embrace a new Bush administration program to research and develop a family of tactical nuclear weapons intended for use against terrorist enclaves and hostile nations.
In its effort to quickly build and deploy a missile defense system, the Bush administration has quietly sidestepped a federal law that requires "operational testing" for new weapons systems before they are deployed.
The U.S. military has become fascinated with potential new uses for blimps--to spy on potential adversaries, transmit conversations and maybe even haul helicopters or Humvees one day.
Chicago will augment its camera surveillance of high-crime areas with a new listening device that can detect the sound of gunfire and lead to quick dispatch of police to the location.
Scientists are working on creating new life-forms from scratch. If successful, this could could open a new age of "living technology," where harnessing the power of life to spontaneously adapt to complex situations could solve problems that now defy modern engineering.