by Charles Q. Choi

The Renewing America initiative's latest Progress Report and Infographic Scorecard, "Trading Up: U.S. Trade and Investment Policy," looks at the challenges and accomplishments of the Obama administration in international trade policy.

Just over seven decades ago, in the middle of World War II, a large wooden crate arrived at a top secret lab on a GE company lot outside Boston, Mass. Inside was a prototype of an early jet engine developed by British Royal Air Force officer Sir Frank Whittle. A group GE engineers called the hush-hush boys spent the next year getting it ready for its maiden flight. Their goal was to win the war, but they ended up shrinking the world.

Just over seven decades ago, in the middle of World War II, a large wooden crate arrived at a top secret lab on a GE company lot outside Boston, Mass. Inside was a prototype of an early jet engine developed by British Royal Air Force officer Sir Frank Whittle. A group GE engineers called the hush-hush boys spent the next year getting it ready for its maiden flight. Their goal was to win the war, but they ended up shrinking the world.

by Marsha Lewis, Inside Science TV

They are known as the window to the soul, each a different color, size and shape. But could your eyes also fight infections?

For years optometrists have been trying to figure out why the human eye is resistant to infection.

There are two ways to look at the WTO’s agreement in Bali on trade facilitation, struck at the last minute after U.S. and India agreed on language on Indian food subsidies. One is that the deal is a jolt for the multilateral trading system after a dozen years of fruitless Doha Round negotiations.

by Rachel Nuwer

This gif's center is in Antarctica and is a visualization of surface wind conditions about 300 feet above the planet's surface.

This gif's center is in the northern Pacific Ocean and is a visualization of surface wind conditions about 300 feet above the planet's surface.

Most people in technology have become familiar with the hype cycle.  A new technology enters the marketplace amid great expectations.  Inevitably, disappointment sets in and a retrenchment period begins, practice and process catch up to expectations and new value is unleashed.

On an eerily balmy first day of winter last December, when the temperature hit record 71 degrees Fahrenheit in New York City, Tim Grob steered his black electric Tesla S sedan into the parking lot of Brooklyn's new Whole Foods supermarket. He parked next to a towering green Sanya Skypump and plugged in.