Science and Technology

U.S. Marines fix their tents as they arrive at Crow Valley, Tarlac province in northern Philippines.

National Security

Military wants to use gene editing to protect troops against chemical and biological weapons

Russ Read · September 23, 2019 9:54 pm

Apple CEO Tim Cook holds up an iPhone as he speaks during a data privacy conference at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018.

Utah is the model for a new age of digital privacy

Washington Examiner · September 19, 2019 12:00 am

A man and woman fell asleep on the highway inside their Tesla.

WATCH: Man caught sleeping behind wheel of Tesla on highway

Dominick Mastrangelo · September 9, 2019 2:25 pm

In this Oct. 29, 2014 photo, Dionisio Mulla digs a grave for his brother-in-law Felix Huaman in Huallhua in Peru's Ayahuanco district.

‘Wherever you dig, there is another one’: Largest ancient child sacrifice site discovered

Zach Halaschak · August 30, 2019 2:05 pm

In this April 4, 2019, file photo, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee member Josh Hawley, R-Mo., listens to witnesses during the Committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Josh Hawley wants to tackle problems he can’t fix

Kaylee McGhee White · August 29, 2019 8:59 pm

FILE - In this June 5, 2014 file photo, a man walks past a Google sign at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google reports quarterly financial results after the market closes Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

‘Silicon Valley is not the Wild West’: Former Google exec charged with stealing, selling self-driving tech

Tim Pearce · August 28, 2019 6:11 pm

Neil deGrasse Tyson attends Hot in The Hamptons, hosted by Kristen Taekman and Flaviana Matata, at Thomas Halsey Homestead on Saturday, July 27, 2019, in Southampton, NY.

Neil deGrasse Tyson apologizes after backlash over mass shooting tweet

Zach Halaschak · August 5, 2019 4:04 pm

In this July 20, 1969 photo made available by NASA, flight controllers work in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center during the Apollo 11 lunar extravehicular activity.

11,000 hours of unheard mission control audio restored for Apollo 11 50th anniversary

Jonas Wells · July 19, 2019 2:53 pm

‘The Eagle has landed,’ 50 years later

‘The Eagle has landed,’ 50 years later

Edward Hudgins · July 19, 2019 4:05 am

Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney speaks, during the announcement that Second World War code-breaker Alan Turing has been selected to feature on the new 50 pound notes, at the Science and Industry Museum, in Manchester, England, Monday July 15, 2019.

New British banknote to feature WWII codebreaker persecuted for sexuality

Zach Halaschak · July 15, 2019 4:36 pm

Beltway Confidential

Semper keto

Madeline Fry Schultz · July 5, 2019 9:00 pm

A mouse looks on at an Argentine laboratory in Buenos Aires, Thursday Jan. 8, 2004.

Researchers cure HIV in mice

Grayce McCormick · July 3, 2019 6:42 pm