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About 80% of the world's population lives in areas where the fresh water supply is not secure, according to a new global analysis.

Astronomers have detected an Earth-like exoplanet that may have just the right kind of conditions to support life.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the beginning of Cyber Storm III — a three-day-long, DHS-sponsored exercise that brings together a diverse cross-section of the nation’s cyber incident responders to assess U.S. cyber response capabilities.

The creation of the Panama Isthmus - the narrow land bridge that joins the two continents - wreaked havoc on land, sea and air. It triggered extinctions, diverted ocean currents and transformed climate.

Congress limited in its ability to relate DoD budget requests to effectiveness of counter-WMD strategy The report of a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit, Weapons of Mass Destruction: Actions Needed...

A new study co-authored by MIT researchers documents the existence of collective intelligence among groups of people who cooperate well, showing that such intelligence extends beyond the cognitive abilities of the groups’ individual members, and that the tendency to cooperate effectively is linked to the number of women in a group.

by TSR Team Raytheon’s second-generation exoskeleton (XOS 2), essentially a wearable robotics suit, was unveiled for the first time recently during an event at the company’s Salt Lake City research...

Recently, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton compared the escalating violence involving Mexican drug cartels to the war of terror waged against the Colombian government two decades ago.

This is the second time the President's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has established a mandate for federal agencies related to the deployment of IPv6.

A deadly plan uncovered by Western intelligence services to attack targets across Europe could indicate a change in tactics by al Qaeda, security analysts say.

A potential terror plot may have involved synchronized attacks in several countries with "at least a dozen" people taking part, a law enforcement official said Wednesday.

A massive solar flare could cause global chaos in 2013, causing blackouts and wrecking satellite communications, a conference heard last week. Nasa has warned that a peak in the sun's...