by Mary Cirincione | May 26, 2015 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — The power of DNA evidence to put someone behind bars or keep an individual free is a staple of television shows like “Law & Order” and “CSI.” But not all DNA evidence is so straightforward. As justice races to keep pace with technology, new questions...
by Michaela Meaney | May 20, 2015 | Science + Technology
A stop-motion animation using junk food to explain fracking.
by Andersen Xia | May 18, 2015 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — More than 100 display booths popped up in the Pentagon courtyard for the first-ever Defense Department Lab Day. These innovations, most of which are still under development, were designed by about 38,000 scientists and engineers. Published in...
by Holly LaFon | May 12, 2015 | Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — An explosion in the number of devices that needed Internet protocol addresses as part of the “Internet of Things” has created a slower Internet for some users and a series of website problems, online pioneer Vint Cerf said Monday. Cerf, a...
by Mary Cirincione | May 6, 2015 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — When it comes to cybersecurity, one of the fathers of the Internet has a lot to say. And topping his list: “We need more of it.” Hackings make headlines for major companies, corporations, and governments worldwide. Passwords get stolen every day. Even...
by Zachary Vasile | Apr 23, 2015 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — In a little more than three years, the James Webb Space Telescope will succeed the famous Hubble Space Telescope with instruments that can look deeper into space than ever before. But Hubble isn’t going anywhere, at least according to the NASA team that...
