The youngest ever member of the Policy Planning staff showed the State Department how to use technology for diplomacy. Now Cohen's going to see if some of the thorniest foreign policy issues can be tackled from the private sector.READ»
Feeling cooped up in that dingy old cube? Life seem a little meaningless? No worries. The State Department will be happy to send you to the far reaches of the planet to end violence, empower citizens, and bring peace and prosperity to the rest of the world.READ»
Think zinc is just a health food store supplement? Think again. UNICEF and the International Zinc Association are rolling out a zinc campaign to help prevent more than 800,000 deaths.READ»
Welcome to Wednesday... The hump in the middle of the week that means the weekend is just a bit closer. While you were waiting for the morning to swing around, some news happened:READ»
We tested 8 campaign ads from 4 key election contests with more than 500 voters using technology to capture their moment-by-moment reactions. The ads were all about positions on the jobs and the economy, and the results were surprising.READ»
"Taxpayers are told subsidies help small, struggling family farmers --
but that couldn't be further from the truth," says Don Carr of the
Environmental Working Group, which calculated that the wealthiest 10%
of American farmers ...READ»
In the last few months Eric Schmidt, the gaffe-prone CEO of Google, has made public statements that make us question whether the company's slogan could still be "Don't be evil." READ»
Two California-based projects are the first utility-scale solar installations on federal lands to get the go-ahead from the Bureau of Land Management -- and there are a dozen more to follow.READ»
Giving the lie to claims that the oil had "disappeared," Greenpeace scientists went out sampling and found oil as far away as 300 miles from the spill site.READ»
POM Wonderful's claims about the health benefits of its Pomegranate Juice and POMx supplements go a little too far, according to a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission. READ»
Widespread phone-based wiretapping has become the norm in the U.S., sneaked by legislators by information-hungry agencies using national security as a shield against civil liberty infringements. Now there's news federal types want to expand powers to the Net too.READ»
Nearly a year after the FCC began issuing experimental licenses for the technology, the Feds have officially made the so-called white space spectrum available for wireless broadband. Let the gold rush begin.READ»
New numbers reveal just how dependent the world really is on India's cheap anti-retroviral drugs, but free trade agreements with the EU could bring catastrophic changes to developing nations.READ»
In the race to develop better biofuels, no self-respecting oil company wants to be left behind. In recent years, we've seen Shell, Exxon, BP, and Chevron invest hundreds of millions in biofuel technology. Statoil, one of the world's ...READ»
ARPA-E is the U.S. Department of Energy program that awards grants to "moonshot" green technologies. The latest round goes to offbeat ideas like cryogenic carbon capture, nano-magnets, and some very large kites.READ»
We live in a Wi-Fi age surrounded by impressive wireless gizmos, thanks to relaxed rules about wireless transmission. Now the FCC is about to open up lots more "whitespace" radio bands. The real wireless revolution may be in-bound.READ»
Watchdog group The Sunlight Foundation analyzed 10 million lines of data--and discovered trillions of dollars missing from our federal spending database.READ»
New Save the Children and UNICEF Reports reveal how financial mismanagement and environmental insensitivity led to the deaths of four million children.READ»
