Science & Technology
Lights Out
A newly declassified report shows how vulnerable America's electric grid is.
BY DOUGLAS BIRCH | NOVEMBER 14, 2012
Network News
Sandy turned off the lights, the phones, and the heat. A cyber attack could make it all happen again.
BY JOEL BRENNER | NOVEMBER 7, 2012
Climate Course Correction
The world has spent two decades developing policies to combat global warming -- and we have little to show for it.
BY BJØRN LOMBORG | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Tell Us the One About the Robots, Mr. President
Want to lead the free world? You'd better figure out what to do about the rise of the machines.
BY PETER W. SINGER | OCTOBER 24, 2012
My Way Or the Huawei
The U.S. government's recent accusations against two Chinese companies are seriously overblown.
BY TREVOR TIMM | OCTOBER 12, 2012
Big Data: A Short History
How we arrived at a term to describe the potential and peril of today's data deluge.
BY URI FRIEDMAN | NOVEMBER 2012
The Innocence of YouTube
It's time for Internet giants to explain when censorship is and isn't OK.
BY SUSAN BENESCH, REBECCA MACKINNON | OCTOBER 5, 2012
Forget Revolution
What would really happen if the lights went out.
BY DOUGLAS BIRCH | OCTOBER 1, 2012
The Great Pharmaceuticals Scam
India has a problem with substandard drugs -- and American regulators are allowing them to be imported into the United States.
BY ROGER BATE | SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
The Lady and the Tweet
Can there be an Aung San Suu Kyi in the Twitter era?
BY SUZANNE NOSSEL | SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
Beyond Belief
Neil Armstrong's death reminds us that there is no such thing as faith-based progress.
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | AUGUST 27, 2012
Jobs of the Future
As technology shifts the workforce, some surprisingly traditional jobs are on the chopping block. Two words: medical robotics.
BY PARAG KHANNA, AARON SMITH | SEPT/OCT 2012
The Most Dynamic Cities of 2025
An exclusive look at the 75 powerhouses of the coming urban revolution, brought to you by FP in partnership with the McKinsey Global Institute.
SEPT/OCT 2012
Countdown to Zero Dollars
The U.S. opened the door to nuclear trade with India -- and got nothing.
BY TOM HUNDLEY | AUGUST 9, 2012
A Country with Fourteen Psychiatrists
Libya is trying to build a new democracy. But that's a tall order for a society plagued by bad memories.
BY PORTIA WALKER | JULY 26, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
Scientists discover the Higgs boson, fireworks around the globe, and refugees flee to South Sudan.
JULY 6, 2012
How the Electric, Self-Driving Miracle Car Will Change Your Life
And save the world.
BY STEVEN KOPITS | JUNE 8, 2012
Sparking a Driving Revolution
Are electric cars finally having their moment?
BY HILLARY HURD AND KATIE CELLA | JUNE 8, 2012
Google Confronts the Great Firewall
In the second clash between the Internet search giant and the Chinese government, will freedom of speech win?
BY REBECCA MACKINNON | MAY 31, 2012
Flame Thrower
Stuxnet was a monster computer virus. Flame is 20 times larger -- and it's been out there, listening, for years.
BY TIM MAURER , DAVID WEINSTEIN | MAY 29, 2012
Where the Drones Are
Mapping the launch pads for Obama's secret wars.
BY MICAH ZENKO AND EMMA WELCH | MAY 29, 2012
Two Worlds, One Climate
Forget Kyoto. There’s a much better way to persuade the developing world to fight climate change.
BY PETER PASSELL | MAY 23, 2012
The Ravenous Dragon and the Fruits of Adversity
Academic economists usually air their new ideas first in working papers. Here, before the work gets dusty, a quick look at transition policy research in progress.
BY PETER PASSELL | MAY 7, 2012
What Lies Beneath
The mission to secure and seal off Kazakhstan's vast nuclear material -- buried deep underground -- is one of the greatest nonproliferation stories never told.
BY WILLIAM TOBEY | APRIL 30, 2012
Predators for Peace
Drones have revolutionized war. Why not let them deliver aid?
BY JACK C. CHOW | APRIL 27, 2012
The 4 key points of Barack Obama's counterterrorism speech
BY JOHN HUDSON
Forget the Sunni-Shiite divide. It's the inter-Sunni conflicts you should watch.
Can Haiti's president lead his fractured country out of crisis?
BY RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL
High-ranking Chinese official asks: Why are Jews so smart?
BY ISAAC STONE FISH
The Pentagon is wriggling its way out of sequestration
America's natural gas boom is bad news for China
BY CHARLES R. MORRIS
On suicide, sexual harassment, and command: A Naval officer's experience
BY 'A. NAVAL OFFICER'
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