For the past three years a crack group of devoted students from Georgetown University have been brewing up a homework project for the ages, drawing attention from Congress and top officials in the Pentagon. Their assignment has turned heads due to its provocative conclusion that China's nuclear arsenal could be many times bigger than previous well-established estimates of arms-control experts. more ›

Didn’t take long for our first new year wish to get squashed. On Tuesday, United Airlines won preliminary approval from the US Department of Transportation to operate a daily non-stop flight between Washington, D.C. and Beijing starting this March, beating out proposals from fellow carriers Northwest (Detroit to Shanghai), American (Dallas to Beijing) and our favorite, Continental (Newark to Shanghai). more ›