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While most of the US military is bracing itself for the belt-tightening that will come with scheduled budget cuts, Cyber Command is looking to expand, going from 900 members at present to an expected several thousand. Mo...

A new study says that smartphones are feasible for use in psychological testing. Josef Bless, a PhD candidate in psychology at the University of Bergen in Norway, was listening to music on his phone when he noticed the s...

Obama talked about the need for cyberdefense during the State of the Union Address last night. It's high time: America has been playing offense for years, now it's time to play defense. In his State of the Union Address ...

In the face of climate change and the worst drought in decades, can water-saving technologies help keep US states from slugging it out in the courts? (full text available to subscribers)

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The 45-metre rock will get closer to home than many communications satellites, but there's no chance it poses a collision threat

Get closer to exploring another mind through the densely linked artworks of Rosemarie Trockel's Cosmos exhibition

Want to make a superconductor, or walk on the surface of a neutron star? Then play around with ultracooled atoms, says Michael Brooks (full text available to subscribers)

Bioprinting firm, Organovo, isn't anywhere near 3D printing a hand or heart. But a recently announced partnership with 3D modeling software giant Autodesk (maker of AutoCAD) might speed things up a bit. As Autodesk's Car...

Barack Obama wants US companies embattled by cyberattacks on critical infrastructure to begin sharing threat information so defences can be bolstered

Using derelict TV frequencies, old-fashioned antennas and solar power, Microsoft is trialling a pioneering form of broadband technology in Africa

Use of antibiotics in pig feed is favouring the emergence of superbugs on farms in China, the world's top pig producer

Food fraud is not new, but experience from the fish industry shows genetic databases and cheaper sequencing can close the breaks in our food chain (full text available to subscribers)

Rare cases of foxes biting children cause uproar, but culling won't cut numbers - it is our behaviour that needs addressing, says an ecologist

Some fun stats about mobile gaming. Mobile gaming is big because it's just so darn convenient. You can play a round of something in bed, in transit, or--no judging here--in the bathroom, as 11 percent of mobile gamers ap...

Vaccinating UK chickens for salmonella prevents thousands of cases of potentially fatal food poisoning but Americans are still dying unnecessarily

After this sea slugs has sex, its penis drops off. Fortunately, it has a spare

Watch a new artificial sense organ allow a Superman rat to "touch" invisible radiation, offering hope of new forms of sight for brain-damaged blind people

In his 2013 State of the Union adress, the President backed innovation and a new focus on cyber security

Many plants release chemicals when being eaten to warn their neighbours. The more closely related the plants involved, the more effective the warning

But this might be misguided, because people also think NASA gets way more money than it really does. Here's some optimistic news: 71 percent of Americans are confident humans will get to Mars in 20 years, according to a ...

When North Korea tests a new nuclear weapon, seismographs are the first to know. Early Tuesday morning, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) data detected a 5.1 magnitude earthquake in North Korea. Within minutes, ...