2012 was a big year for IVN. It was a year of significant expansion and accomplishments. IVN reached out to an audience of over seven million people with content written by independent contributors for independent-minded voters.

For many people, the end of the year is marked by the celebration of whatever holiday one chooses to acknowledge during the holiday season and the welcoming of a new year. Yet, it is also a time when many households make preparations for a new tax season.

The National Institute of Health is working with an experimental antidepressant called AZD6765, using the properties of ketamine as a model.

Clinical trials run by The National Institute of Health (NIH) have shown that the experimental drug relieves symptoms of depression within minutes.

From the Syrian war to sanctions on Iran, Russia is playing a visible role in the world. With new legislation passed by the Duma, the lower parliamentary chamber, Russia is also asserting itself in what continues to be a chilly relations with the United States.

As reports slowly trickle in disclosing the money spent the week leading up to 2012’s presidential election, the identities of the spenders are coming into focus. Yet, even the most avid researcher won’t see the whole picture given current campaign finance disclosure requirements.

Cybersecurity has become a very important issue for the federal government to address. Threats from cyberspace affect a broad range of government organizations, from the Department of Defense, to the police force, to the Department of Energy, and risk the extraction of important classified information by hackers or hostile parties. This infographic from Fed Tech Magazine takes a look at the development of the cyberthreat.

Cybersecurity has become a very important issue for the federal government to address. Threats from cyberspace affect a broad range of government organizations, from the Department of Defense, to the police force, to the Department of Energy, and risk the extraction of important classified information by hackers or hostile parties. This infographic from Fed Tech Magazine takes a look at the development of the cyberthreat.