The White House released the guest list for the first lady's box at the State of the Union address. In addition to Dr. Jill Biden and Phil Schiliro, Assistant to the President and Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, Michelle Obama invited 24...
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January 25, 2011
January 11, 2011
This story is the first in a week-long SPACE.com report on what it would take for humanity to return to the moon. Coming tomorrow: The Case Against the Moon.
The moon, once an enticing siren for intrepid space travelers, has begun to feel old-...
January 07, 2011
As the economy fights to rebound, many employers are forgoing paying full-time employees, and are instead tapping into the online community of hungry freelancers. Many business tasks -- marketing, public relations, research, design, legal services --...
January 03, 2011
In the flurry of activity at the end of the 111th Congress, the reauthorization of the "America Competes Act" went mostly unnoticed. But it is a little bill that Washington hopes will prove transformative. The law - its cringe-worthy official name is...
December 21, 2010
The America COMPETES Act passed by Congress today provides all agencies with broad authority to conduct prize competitions as called for by President Obama in his 2009 Strategy for American Innovation. By giving agencies a simple and clear legal path...
December 17, 2010
Building a car that gets more than 100 miles per gallon does not require wild new technology, judging from the results of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize. The $5 million top prize—awarded in September to the highest-mileage four-passenger...
December 06, 2010
It’s not the winning…
X Prizes and similar competitions are offering big-dollar bounties for solutions to the toughest humanitarian and scientific problems. Wired helps you plot how to make your benevolent millions.
November 22, 2010
SEMA may be best known for its outlandish display of aftermarket bling, but we went in search of some legitimate tech. We found the Mission One PLE electric sportbike, Wattshocks regenerative suspension system, and the winners of the automotive X...
November 22, 2010
Everyone has flying dreams, but a week or so before my recent zero-gravity flight, I started to have floating dreams in which I was my own little planet, suspended in weightless serenity within some infinite but welcoming space. My actual experience...
November 15, 2010
Some vehicles defy easy classification. Take the plug-in electric Peraves E-Tracer, headed for California roads next year. Balanced on two wheels and operated with a throttle, it's similar to a motorcycle. But it's also fully enclosed in a Kevlar...
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