Dark Web, a giant, searchable database at the University of Arizona's Artificial Intelligence Lab, is an attempt to uncover, cross-reference, catalogue and analyze all online terrorist-generated content on the at least 7000 to 8000 terrorist sites.
A recent decision by German officials to withhold support for any new sanctions against Iran has pushed a broad spectrum of officials in Washington to develop potential scenarios for a military attack on the Islamic regime.
A panel of experts discussed the threat from terrorists using shoulder-fired missiles to down a commercial jet and possible technological countermeasures.
The author advocates establishing a Civil Reserve Space Fleet to support the military's growing dependence on outer space while at the same time encouraging the creation of a new space transportation industry, using reusable space transports.
Iraq may have obtained as many as 400 electronic "jammers" that could throw America's smart bombs off their programmed path if the U.S. goes to war.
Glenn Harlan Reynolds argues that calls for banning nanotechnology research are premature. He compares the current debate to the debate over recombinant DNA in the 1970s and argues that self-imposed guidlines on research will be sufficient to avert mishaps.
Fighting robots ? once the stuff of Hollywood sci-fi flicks ? could be making their way onto battlefields to help the military within a matter of years.
The U.S. is developing battlefield lasers that can be used for defending defending front-line troops by shooting down rockets, artillery shells and even mortars.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking to broaden considerably its ability to tap into Internet traffic in its quest to root out terrorists, going beyond even the new measures afforded in recent anti-terror legislation.
A tiny spy plane, propelled by the flap of insect-like wings, is being developed by British scientists to combat terrorism. The design is based on the aeronautical feats of the hover fly, which can flutter over flowers while drawing nectar.