Science & Technology

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 Full Measure of Freedom

Can democracy be benchmarked?

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JULY 25, 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

Tweet With Caution

The government is watching.

BY JAMIE BARTLETT AND CARL MILLER | JUNE 26, 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

Supersonic

For decades, these American jets have ruled the skies.

APRIL 26, 2012

Financial (Secret) Services

A conversation with the mysterious Anonymous analysts who are exposing fraud and corruption in Chinese companies -- and taking them down.

INTERVIEW BY ISAAC STONE FISH | APRIL 26, 2012

The Many Spendors of Qatar

What the richest country on the planet looks like.

MAY/JUNE 2012

Fighting the Great Firewall of Pakistan

How an unlikely free-speech campaign defeated the censors.

BY REBECCA MACKINNON | APRIL 10, 2012

The New Crossroads of History

Ten things you didn't know about Turkey.

BY ANDREW FINKEL | APRIL 9, 2012

Spy Games

The Department of Homeland Security is trying to hack into your Xbox. Should gamers be worried?

BY MICHAEL PECK | APRIL 2, 2012

Open Door Policy

Can the State Department's ambitious new plan to subvert autocratic regimes online actually succeed?

BY FERGUS HANSON | MARCH 29, 2012

Lessons for America from the Global War on Sleaze

When it comes to fighting corruption, it turns out there’s a lot that the U.S. can learn from developing countries.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MARCH 20, 2012

Riding the Dragon

From the Norwegian Coast Guard to Israeli drone technicians, 8 surprising winners of China's massive military buildup.

BY TREFOR MOSS | MARCH 7, 2012