The author looks at the environmental cost of mining for platinum which will become even more necessary in a hydrogen fueled economy.
As American warfare has shifted from draftees to drones, science and the military in the United States have become inseparable. But some scientists are refusing to let their robots grow up to be killers.
Noah Shachtman details the Pentagon's plans for a surveillance system that can track every vehicle within an urban combat zone and examines the possibilities that the same system could be used for domestic surveillance.
Researchers critique the U.S. plan to deploy specialized air-pollution monitors as a biological warfare early warning system.
Josh Martin argues that to defend against devastating cyberwarfare attacks, the U.S. needs to reach-out to hacker community and utilize its talents to defend our critical infrastructures.
A feature article from the Village Voice on the dangers of privatizing water resources.
Using information from the Geographic Information System (GIS), researchers have created an immensely detailed, three-dimensional, interactive, and constantly updated map of New York City. The map is provoking speculation on its possible usefulness as a template for a virtual world or even as a blueprint for rebuilding a devastated New York City.