Leroy Chiao’s four visits to space were very different, from his virgin flight to returning finally as a Russian-speaking mission commander.

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s 1969 moon landing had a profound impact on Chiao, sparking his dream to one day do the same.

A conversation with Chinese-American astronaut and director of Excalibur Almaz, a recreational space travel firm.

Former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff says the U.S. has grown complacent about airport security.

A controversial full-body scan that examines private areas is scheduled to be used increasingly across U.S. airports including O’Hare.

President Obama will establish a new federal agency to create new classification procedure and declassify some 400 million pages of government documents.

The Obama Administration is gearing up to support immigration reform that improves border security and provides a path to citizenship.

New research suggests that scrambled connections in brain regions that process fear and emotions are to blame for anxiety disorders.

A complex algorithm ensuring eighty percent of cell phone calls are kept private has been hacked by a 28 year-old German who says he acted in good faith.

The U.K. is putting up $2 million to fund paid theater internships for young adults in order to develop the country’s cultural ambitions.

The Republican strategy to run on repealing healthcare legislation in the 2010 midterms will surely backfire, writes the New Republic.

An Illinois physics professor helped the Secret Service to break up a ring of businesses making huge profits by selling fake diplomas.

The Japanese have created a robotic hummingbird that weighs two and a half grams and flaps its wings 30 times per second.

Kudos to Matthew Urbanksi, the principle landscape architect (Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates) charged with mapping the natural layout of a new $3.8 million Manhattan playground. Urbanski thought to consult experts […]

While flipping through a copy of the New Yorker magazine earlier today, I came across an article written by Burkhard Bilger titled “Hearth Surgery”, which took a look at the […]

This week’s installment of What Went Wrong includes an interview with the former head council for AIG, Ernest Patrikis. He weighs in on what could have happened if the Fed […]

The Economist’s Christmas Issue one-act, “Gordon Rex,” might be funny or—in that uniquely English, Economist-y way—slightly self-consciously aloof, but it makes us long for more. More Brown in verse. More […]

Warfare’s effect and risk is unique to the person. Populations face war as individuals.

Two members of the Al Qaeda group claiming responsibility for the attempted Christmas Day bombing were released from Gitmo in 2007.

The White House decries newly proposed settlements in East Jerusalem which Israel says are not covered by its proposed construction moratorium.