Connectivity We’re Thinking about Cybersecurity All Wrong Obama’s former cyber advisor, Michael Daniel, on how we need to overhaul the way we manage the new “tool for statecraft.” by Mike Orcutt 2017-07-31T14:20:00-04:00
Business Impact Will Science Have a Seat at President Trump’s Table? Every president since FDR has had a science advisor. Trump has yet to name one or indicate leading candidates. by Mike Orcutt 2017-01-17T00:00:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy Obama Says the World’s Move Toward Renewables Is “Irreversible” Changing economic realities mean that America is already reducing its emissions, but the president says more action is needed to accelerate the process. by Michael Reilly 2017-01-09T13:55:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Obama Advisers Urge Action Against CRISPR Bioterror Threat In a letter to the president, advisers say an “exponential” increase in biotechnology has created powerful tools that terrorists could exploit. by Emily Mullin 2016-11-17T16:30:00-05:00
Rewriting Life The Best—and Worst—Things About Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot The government’s latest plans to beat cancer range from inspiring to highly questionable. by Jamie Condliffe 2016-10-17T16:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Obama: My Successor Will Govern a Country Being Transformed by AI The president says advances like self-driving cars will also come with drawbacks, such as lost jobs. by Will Knight 2016-10-13T18:44:00-04:00
Connectivity The Spies Who Loved iPhones U.S. intelligence agencies know better than anyone how vulnerable today’s technologies are to being infiltrated—but some spies are getting smartphones and Wi-Fi anyway. by Jamie Condliffe 2016-09-22T11:25:00-04:00
Connectivity White House Hopes More Companies Follow Google in Using Ad Tech Against ISIS Bombs, bullets, and online ads—the tools of modern warfare. by Tom Simonite 2016-09-15T15:19:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy Hillary Clinton’s Climate Plan Needs a Carbon Tax Unfortunately, Democrats are ignoring the one thing that could best help curb carbon emissions. by Michael Reilly 2016-07-14T14:30:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy Obama’s Last Nuclear Summit Meets as the Threat of Terrorism Looms Barack Obama has made nuclear security a centerpiece of his administration, but experts say the risk of nuclear terrorism is ratcheting up. by Richard Martin 2016-03-31T10:05:00-04:00
