The Corona program was the opening salvo in the effort to peer into Soviet-controlled territory from orbit. In order to recover the top-secret physical photographs it took, Air Force pilots took to the sky for what amounted to a claw arcade game, played miles above the Earth. Here's a rare look at it in action.

It's a crime that the Swedish android show Real Humans (Äkta människor) hasn't gotten aired in the United States yet. It's widely hailed as one of the best science fiction shows of recent years. But at least, we're getting an English-language version from the writers behind Spooks.

Yesterday the Associated Press published a lengthy profile of "John," the secretive CIA agent who led the effort to locate and kill Osama bin Laden. The CIA asked the AP not to report John's full name or certain biographical details that might identify him, and the AP complied. But internet spy-hunter and data…

If you wish that future dystopias had more scenes of hot young fashion models violating your civil liberties, then the BBC's new show Spooks: Code 9 is for you. A spin-off from the BBC's 24 clone, Spooks, Code 9 takes place after a nuclear attack destroys London. With the central government wiped out, it's up to local…