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The Blazing Career and Mysterious Death of “The Swedish Meteor”
Can modern science determine who shot this 18th century Swedish king?
September 17, 2012 |
By Mike Dash
Scientists Unleash Bacteria Into Boston Subway to Study Bioterrorism
To study the spread of biological agents, researchers sprayed bacteria into the Boston subway system
September 13, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
Don’t Trust Robots? The Pentagon Doesn’t Either
Not everyone at the Pentagon is ready to embrace the new robot army
September 13, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
50 Years Ago, JFK Sent Us to the Moon
President Kennedy bolstered American support for his mission to the Moon with a speech at Rice University 50 years ago today
September 12, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
As Global Food Prices Climb, So Does the Probability of Riots
Rising food prices set the stage for riots and instability
September 11, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
The Ugliest, Most Contentious Presidential Election Ever
Throughout the 1876 campaign, Tilden’s opposition had called him everything from a briber to a thief to a drunken syphilitic
September 07, 2012 |
By Gilbert King
The Navy’s Future Is Filled With Laser Guns
The US Navy is driving the push in the development of laser-based weaponry
September 06, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
New Camouflage Makeup Protects Soldiers From Bomb Burns
Soldiers are adding a new makeup to their war wardrobe that protects them from bomb blast burns
September 05, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Cold War–Era Science Shows Beer Will Survive a Nuclear Apocalypse
In 1955, scientists dropped nukes on beer and soda to see how they held up
September 05, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Martin Amis Contemplates Evil
England’s most famous living novelist has moved to America—and tilted the literary world
September 2012 |
By Ron Rosenbaum
Watch This Decades-Old WWII Bomb Go Boom
A World War II bomb was discovered by workers the on the site of an old bar that was being demolished, and then blown up the next day
August 30, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
Document Deep Dive: What Did the Zimmermann Telegram Say?
See how British cryptologists cracked the coded message that propelled the United States into World War I
August 21, 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
Going Nuclear Over the Pacific
A half-century ago, a U.S. military test lit up the skies and upped the ante with the Soviets.
August 15, 2012 |
By Gilbert King
Archaeologists Excavate Death Pit, Finding Hundreds of Sacrificed Soldiers in Denmark
Archaeologists are excavating hundreds of skeletons from the boggy swamps, and the remains belong to men who all sacrificed around the time of Christ
August 15, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
In 2010 $600 Million in Guns and Ammo Were Exported from the US
In 2010, $607 million dollars worth of small and light arms left the United States, headed to buyers around the world
August 07, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
For Soldiers, Sperm Banking Could Be the New Flack Jacket
Soldiers arriving home with missing or mutilated genitals have drown attention to the lack of government support for in vitro fertilization or artificial insemination using donated sperm, which costs up to $7,000 per procedure.
July 31, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
"The Flying Housewife" of the 1948 London Games
Voted female athlete of the 20th century, Fanny Blankers-Koen won four gold medals while pregnant with her third child
July 31, 2012 |
By Gilbert King
Document Deep Dive: A Peek at the Last Time London Hosted the Olympics
Records at the National Archives in London show how organizers cobbled together the 1948 "Austerity" Games
July 31, 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
Army Women To Get New (Non-Comic Book) Armor
The Army has announced that they are designing body armor specifically tailored to women's bodies.
July 26, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
If Syria Uses Chemical Weapons, Here’s How They’ll Work
Amidst the turmoil of an ongoing civil war, Syrian President al-Assad has been threatening to use chemical weapons if faced with international intervention.
July 26, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
