Both the U.S. and China have announced intentions of returning humans to the moon by 2020 at the earliest. And the two countries are already in the early stages of a new space race that appears to have some of the heat and skullduggery of the one between Washington and Moscow during the Cold War, when space was a proxy battleground for geopolitical dominance.
According to knowledgeable U.S. officials, a highly classified $17 to $19 billion replacement system, supposed to be completed around 2005, has gotten so far off schedule that the military could suffer an "imagery gap" as aging satellites in the current system flicker out.
Iran?s nuclear facilities are much more advanced than previously thought, and some activities conducted there may have violated the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty by testing uranium hexafluoride gas in some of its centrifuges.
More information about the U.S. military's new high-power microwave bomb that will likely see use in future conflicts.
Leon Jaroff argues that more attention should be paid to small asteroid as they could be mistaken for a nuclear attack.
For years, artificial-intelligence researchers have gained some of their most useful insights from experts in brain function. And today the biological sciences are making similar contributions to all sorts of technologies useful to business, from software that "grows," "heals" and "reproduces" to tiny carbon tubes that will allow computer transistors to shrink to atomic dimensions even as they grow more powerful.
Biological warfare experts argue that we should not be concerned about the threat of a biological warfare attack but we should bolster our preparedness.
Time looks at the 'Lineage' phenomenon in Korea. 'Lineage' is a Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Game (MMPRG) based in Korea that has become so popular, it has sparked 'real-world' violence between gaming clans.
Amateur sky watchers are tracking U.S. spy satellites on the Web, and some spooks are not amused