Science and Technology

List of Science and Technology articles

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  Google’s Schmidt: We likely are in the last years when states can really censor speech

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Maps and charts (II): In 240 BC, it was clear in Egypt that the Earth was round and that it as was 25,000 miles around

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Until our times, more often than not, maps and charts were state secrets

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Meet the Spies Doing the NSA’s Dirty Work

  This obscure FBI unit does the domestic surveillance that no other intelligence agency can touch.

  Investigation

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  Shane Harris

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  Exclusive: Inside America’s Plan to Kill Online Privacy Rights Everywhere

  The Cable

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  Colum Lynch

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  Arab Netizens Pay a Visit to Algeria’s Police State

  Transitions

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  Mohamed El Dahshan

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  Ever seen a homemade artillery shell?

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  U.S. Spooked by China’s Nuke Bomber, Attack Drone Projects

  The Complex

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  Dan Lamothe

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  Stuxnet’s Secret Twin

  The real program to sabotage Iran's nuclear facilities was far more sophisticated than anyone realized.

  Exclusive

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  Ralph Langner

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  ‘Selfie’ Beats Out ‘Twerk’ as Oxford’s Word of the Year

  Passport

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  Catherine A. Traywick

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  Spy Copters, Lasers, and Break-In Teams

  How the FBI keeps watch on foreign diplomats.

  Exclusive

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  Matthew M. Aid

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  U.S. Navy drone attacks U.S. Navy ship

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Bitcoin to Congress: Back Off

  Passport

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  Jamila Trindle

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  Meet the Super-Fast, Radar-Jamming, Unnervingly Intelligent Missiles of 2030

  The Complex

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  Zach Rosenberg

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  A few words in support of Snowden

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks