Features

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  Why Missile Defense Won’t Work

  From the archives: An MIT expert on national security technology tells us why the current missile defense project won’t ever be able to do its job–and offers a better alternative (from the April, 2002 issue).
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  Postol vs. the Pentagon

  Ted Postol is challenging the government’s claims about a proposed a missile defense system. He’s a prickly character, but he has a track record that’s hard to beat.
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  The Virtual Cell

  With human cells distilled into digital models, testing the effectiveness of a new drug could be as simple as typing a few lines into a computer.
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  Motorola’s Superchip

  Silicon is cheap; “compound semiconductors” are fast. Combining the two could yield cheaper cell phones and DVD players.
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  Lord of the Robots

  The director of MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab says the age of smart, mobile machines is already beginning. You just have to know where to find them–say, in oil wells.