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For more on the rockets now used by Hamas and Hezbollah, Robert Siegel speaks with Ted Postol, a professor of science, technology and national security policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Last week, German journalists revealed that the National Security Agency has a program to collect information about people who use privacy-protecting services, including popular anonymizing software called Tor.

Lenovo today announced a new agreement with the National Academy Foundation to bring a robust mobile app development curriculum and delivery program to NAF academies in the United States.

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin - who swept into office on promises of reform but saw the city crumble under the weight of Hurricane Katrina and his own corruption investigation - will learn Wednesday how much... Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin - who swept into office on promises of reform but saw the city crumble under the weight of ... (more)

As Washington state readied to become only the second state to allow people to buy marijuana legally without a doctor's note, lines were already forming in front of the lucky few stores that got last-minute... Washington became the second state Tuesday to allow people to buy marijuana legally in the U.S. without a doctor's note as customers eager ... (more)

V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai, the inventor of email and current faculty lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, admits that email has turned everyone into secretaries, as the average person spends 38 percent of their workday managing email.

In this Thursday, June 26, 2014 photo, a FingerReader ring lies on a book's page at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab in Cambridge, Mass.

Taking birth control pills may one day be a thing of the past thanks to new technology being developed by MIT and backed by Bill Gates.

A major hospital's former pharmacy chief stole nearly 200,000 oxycodone pills from the medical center over more than five years and has been charged under a state drug-kingpin law more often aimed at accused... A major hospital's former pharmacy chief stole nearly 200,000 oxycodone pills from the medical center over more than five years and has ... (more)

The other cowinners of the Nobel Prize, of Japan, had independently created equivalent theories, but it was Feynman's that proved the most original and far-reaching.

12, 2013 photo released by the Grand Canyon National Park Service, shows a National Historical Landmark plate overlooking the east end of the Grand Canyon, Ariz.

Advocates seeking more lenient marijuana laws have no intention of stopping with Colorado and Washington.

Graham Nash feels optimistic that young people will once again change America for the better.

Graham Nash feels optimistic that young people will once again change America for the better.

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed words.

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed words.

Each week , Science publishes a number of articles that are likely to be of interest to career-minded readers.

James Simons, who with his wife donated $50 million to the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, is pictured at Stony Brook University on Dec. 14, 2011.

It is difficult to see the coverage of the hateful messages that anti-immigration protesters chant, or the vile comments that seem to appear on every immigration article.

How does background music affect a child's homework? Does taking a photograph strengthen the ability to recall an item? Can playing video games benefit a child's physical and mental well-being? Researchers with UNT are gathering data to answer those questions in the museum's Research and Learning Center on the first floor, which opened in January.