They come from all over the world to hobnob with fellow snoops and learn the latest tradecraft for intercepting your phone calls and internet traffic. The press isn't invited, but they can't keep us out of the hotel bar. Thomas Greene reports from Crystal City, Virginia.
Harold Varmus won a Nobel Prize for changing how we think about cancer. Then he overhauled the National Institutes of Health. Now he's battling to make all scientific research free and universally available.
Security is at its best when those with the capability to fix security holes are also the ones who get hurt by them. Surprisingly, this isn't the way it works now. Commentary by Bruce Schneier.
Technical marvels don't come about without their fair share of broken eggs. Wired magazine picks 10 of the most flagrant engineering oversights in recent history.
Major networks sue a truck-stop chain for using a device that automatically changes channels during commercials and subbing in its own ads. By Quinn Norton.
Bigger is often better in the dog-eat-dog world of global competition, but size alone does not guarantee success. Who are the hottest hounds in the tech-hardware kennel? From Forbes.com.
A survey funded by anti-abortion organizations finds most people are against embryonic stem cell research. Plus: A World Health Organization study finds complications associated with C-sections. In Bodyhack.
Animation and puppetry combine in a gorgeous tribute to William Blake. Plus: The second-most-compelling puzzle based on a colored cube. In Table of Malcontents.
Researchers extract core samples from below the sea floor that indicate a mysterious "thermal event" millions of years ago turned the Arctic into a swampy, subtropical zone.
