Science & Technology

Can China's Top Guns Fly?

The Chinese military is aiming high. But can its Air Force break through all the red tape?

BY JOHN GARNAUT | APRIL 30, 2013

Hacktivism: A Short History

How self-absorbed computer nerds became a powerful force for freedom. 

BY TY MCCORMICK | MAY/JUNE 2013

Epiphanies from Chris Anderson

The entrepreneur and technology theorist weighs in on drones, surveillance, and what's coming next.

INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | MAY/JUNE 2013

The Singularity of Fools

A special report from the utopian future.

BY DAVID RIEFF | MAY/JUNE 2013

Who’s Afraid of Cyberoptimism?

Why David Rieff’s cynical attack on “cyberutopians” misses the point.

BY ETHAN ZUCKERMAN | APRIL 29, 2013

Mission Creep

Charles Kenny is too quick to encourage people to give up their privacy.

MAY/JUNE 2013

How About We Take Their Word For It

Do we really want the North Koreans to prove they can launch a nuke with a missile?

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | APRIL 22, 2013

China Is a Cyber Victim, Too

The reason we should listen to Beijing's complaints about U.S. hackers.

BY JASON HEALEY | APRIL 16, 2013

What Extremists Are Saying About the Boston Massacre

A guide to the Internet blame game.

BY J.M. BERGER | APRIL 16, 2013

Stalled Miracle

South Korea's economy isn't nearly as strong as you might think.

BY RICHARD DOBBS, DONGROK SUH | APRIL 16, 2013

Have It Their Way

From burgers to Bud Light, America's favorite brands are now owned by foreigners.

BY AFSHIN MOLAVI | APRIL 15, 2013

How to Detect a Nuclear Test on Your iPhone

The rapidly growing opportunity to crowd-source national security.

BY CHRISTOPHER STUBBS, SIDNEY DRELL | APRIL 9, 2013

Science Unfairness

The war on the pursuit of knowledge is starting to hurt America.

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | APRIL 8, 2013

Russia’s Digital Underground

How the Kremlin is waging war on information freedom.

BY ANDREI SOLDATOV, IRINA BOROGAN | APRIL 5, 2013

Why Sticks and Stones Will Beat Our Drones

The persistent dangers of low-tech warfare.

BY ROSA BROOKS | APRIL 4, 2013

Inside Yongbyon

Photos from Joel Wit and Siegfried Hecker's 2008 trip inside North Korea's infamous nuclear complex, which Kim Jong Un pledged to reactivate this week.

APRIL 2, 2013

Sim Paulo

How I used SimCity to solve the world's worst traffic jam.

BY MIKE ROSE | APRIL 1, 2013

Wait, Did the System Just Work?

Congress performs oversight on drones -- and gets results.

BY AMY ZEGART | MARCH 27, 2013

The Disease Next Door

How the world’s nastiest and least-known outbreaks are afflicting some of the world’s wealthiest countries.

BY PETER HOTEZ | MARCH 25, 2013

Cowboys vs. Kippot

The awesome sci-fi novel about U.S. relations with Israel -- in an alternate acid-trip universe.

BY MICHAEL PECK | MARCH 22, 2013

Why Pro Wrestling Is Perfect for the Modern Middle East

It’s safer than sex.

BY JUSTIN D. MARTIN | MARCH 22, 2013

Rabid Response

Is the Pentagon crazy enough to bring nukes to a cyberfight?

BY YOUSAF BUTT | MARCH 22, 2013

A Drone of One's Own

Predators could be useful, but I've settled for a Roomba.

BY ROSA BROOKS | MARCH 21, 2013

Silicon, Iron, and Shadow

Three wars that will define America's future.

BY DAVID W. BARNO | MARCH 19, 2013

Social Warfare

Budget hawks' plans to cut funding for political and social science aren't just short-sighted and simple-minded -- they'll actually hurt national security.

BY SCOTT ATRAN | MARCH 15, 2013

No One Saw This Coming

How we've been surprised by our growing ability to predict things.

BY AMY ZEGART | MARCH 13, 2013

The Great Cyberscare

Why the Pentagon is razzmatazzing you about those big bad Chinese hackers.

BY THOMAS RID | MARCH 13, 2013

The Case for Just-in-Time Immigration

Why America needs a personnel system built for the 21st century.

BY HILDA OCHOA-BRILLEMBOURG | MARCH 13, 2013

The Global Swarm

Drones are not only spreading to other countries, they're becoming smaller and smarter.

BY P.W. SINGER | MARCH 11, 2013