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Large flaming dart on stand outside
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Intrepid man tests giant flaming darts used on 16th century warship

By Andrew Paul

Warning signs near Area 51 prohibiting trespassing and photography
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Area 51 just had 17 earthquakes in a single day

By Andrew Paul

Pile of medieval stone cannonballs
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Medieval cannonballs and WWI bomb discovered under construction site

By Andrew Paul

Rendering of a reconstructed polybolos within a virtual environment derived from reality-based documentation of the city walls. Digital survey and 3D model by S.B.; rendering and animation by V.C. with Lumion Pro Student 2024.
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Rome unleashed an ancient ‘machine gun’ on Pompeii

By Andrew Paul

Inscribed sling bullet (B19655) found at Hippos with the inscription ΜΑΘΟΥ, meaning "Learn your lesson!" Credit: Eisenberg et al. 2026
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2,100 years ago, someone hurled a rock inscribed with ‘Learn your lesson!’

By Andrew Paul

A vintage-style colorized portrait of a middle-aged man with light hair combed back, wearing a blue suit jacket, white shirt, and dark tie. He faces the camera with a neutral expression. The background is a uniform, grainy gray, and the image retains visible texture and noise consistent with an old printed photograph.
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The only person to win an Olympic medal and a Nobel Peace Prize

By Amy Crawford

Musket and cannonballs recovered in Scottish battlefield
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18th century lead ammo found in Scottish Highlands

By Andrew Paul

Several starfish hang out on a cream-colored piece of discarded metal under the sea.
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Sunken WWII bombs make a surprising home for sea life

By Sarah Durn

A large white mushroom cloud explodes into the upper atmosphere in a vintage photograph of a hydrogen bomb.
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When the U.S. almost nuked Alaska—on purpose

By Shoshi Parks

Close up of three wasps
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Radioactive wasp nest found at former nuclear weapons site

By Andrew Paul

Black and white portrait of Albert Einstein
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Einstein’s letter to Japan about atomic bomb fails to sell at auction

By Andrew Paul

Takeshi Ebisawa holding rocket launcher
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Yakuza boss tried to traffic nuclear weapons-grade plutonium

By Andrew Paul

a person in a gas mask with 'death sand' on the screen
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The sand that (almost) killed millions

By Popular Science Team

Watch an uncrewed Navy ‘ghost boat’ fire live missiles
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Watch an uncrewed Navy ‘ghost boat’ fire live missiles

By Nicholas Slayton

Watch a Japanese research ship fire an electromagnetic railgun
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Watch a Japanese research ship fire an electromagnetic railgun

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The US is developing a new nuclear bomb. Why?
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The US is developing a new nuclear bomb. Why?

By Kelsey D. Atherton

How an underground explosion in Nevada will help the US detect nuclear tests
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How an underground explosion in Nevada will help the US detect nuclear tests

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Marines used a ‘robotic goat’ to fire a rocket-propelled grenade
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The Marines used a ‘robotic goat’ to fire a rocket-propelled grenade

By Kelsey D. Atherton

What are carrier strike groups, the ships the US sent near Israel?
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What are carrier strike groups, the ships the US sent near Israel?

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Watch this new Canada-made troop transport pass its explosive tests
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Watch this new Canada-made troop transport pass its explosive tests

By Kelsey D. Atherton