by Xuanyan (Iris) Ouyang | Jul 27, 2016 | Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON—That handy health app on your phone—the one with access to your medical history, your doctor’s name, even your home address—may be vulnerable to hackers. Technology experts discussed the risks at a House hearing July 14 with the Energy and Commerce...
by Danielle Prieur | Jul 14, 2016 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON— Peering deeper and deeper into space will require telescopes with huge mirrors, but building, testing and transporting those super-scopes will be a daunting challenge, a conference of future space leaders was told Thursday. Alberto Conti, a Northrop...
by Danielle Prieur | Jul 14, 2016 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — NASA Human Exploration and Operations Administrator William Gerstenmaier said Wednesday that the space agency would be open to the possibility of private companies docking their shuttles in a special port on the International Space Station. Attorney...
by Danielle Prieur | Jul 12, 2016 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — What began as a sedate hearing on “Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Astrobiology,” turned into a discussion Tuesday that could have come from the script of a Hollywood movie like “Armageddon.” “What’s really important is making sure our Earth isn’t...
by Danielle Prieur | Jun 30, 2016 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON –While the Pentagon has dropped its ban on transgender troops, the world of science is struggling to improve the history of harassment against transgender physicists and other scientists. According to a recent study by the American Physical Society and the...
by Xuanyan (Iris) Ouyang | Jun 30, 2016 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – Traffic jams and tie-ups cost Americans about 38 hours a year in wasted time, but data analysis, autonomous cars and new digital transportation tools are in the works to make travel more efficient and less frustrating, experts told a Senate subcommittee...
