Shrouded in secrecy, the U.S. government’s policies on how and when to wage cyber warfare are ill-formed, lack adequate oversight and require a broad public...

Shrouded in secrecy, the U.S. government’s policies on how and when to wage cyber warfare are ill-formed, lack adequate oversight and require a broad public...

Despite years of study and analysis, the world is unprepared for climate change and needs to rethink basic assumptions that govern things as varied as choosing cars and...

The government needs a more comprehensive plan for studying the risks of nanotechnology, the National Research Council said Wednesday.

There’s probably a place for desalted seawater in meeting the nation’s future water needs, but research is needed to reduce the costs and impact on the...

It is an age-old knowledge that city dwellers are thinner because their dense, centralized environment encourages walking, in comparison to the suburbanites and rural...