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Concept art depicting the X-37B space plane aerobraking above Earth
Technology

Space Force’s mysterious X-37B is testing its ‘aerobraking’

By Andrew Paul

USS Stewart bow shipwreck with barnacles and crabs
Technology

‘Ghost Ship of the Pacific’ rediscovered with underwater drones

By Andrew Paul

Germany’s North and Baltic Seas are littered with munitions from the First and Second World Wars, such as shells—as shown here—once fired from German battleships.
Technology

The big Baltic bomb cleanup

By Paul Hockenos / Hakai Magazine

man holds camera
Technology

The tech that changed elections forever

By Popular Science Team

Bespoke images created for Unplugged Performance
Technology

‘Militarized’ Cybertrucks are coming—if you can open the doors

By Andrew Paul

a person in a gas mask with 'death sand' on the screen
Technology

The sand that (almost) killed millions

By Popular Science Team

UP.FIT upgraded Cybertruck cop car concept
Technology

Militarized Cybertruck cop cars are coming

By Andrew Paul

B-21 Raider stealth bomber in flight
Air Force

See the B-21 nuclear stealth bomber’s first official flight photos

By Andrew Paul

Sun above earth photo taken from ISS
Science

Space Force finds a dead Cold War-era satellite missing for 25 years

By Andrew Paul

Concept of human intelligence with human brain on blue background
Health

VR and electric brain stimulation show promise for treating PTSD

By Andrew Paul

US military says national security depends on ‘forever chemicals’
Health

US military says national security depends on ‘forever chemicals’

By Patricia Kime / KFF Health News

A black and white photograph of the The HMAS Culgoa. The vessel was a Modified River Class Frigate, sometimes known as the Bay Class. The Australian naval vessel was launched in September 1945 and was decommissioned in April 1954.
Health

Lung cancer in naval personnel linked to asbestos exposure

By Laura Baisas

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

Watch an uncrewed Navy ‘ghost boat’ fire live missiles

By Nicholas Slayton

Over shoulder image of US soldiers saluting
Technology

Data brokers selling military members’ personal data is a national security risk

By Andrew Paul

The synthetic melanin is being applied to Inflamed skin. Just under the surface of the skin are green free radicals, also known as ROS, or "reactive oxygen species."
Health

Lab-made ‘super melanin’ speeds up healing and boosts sun protection

By Laura Baisas

Nightvision camera shot of a UAP
Technology

Want to report a UAP sighting? US government workers can now use this website.

By Andrew Paul

digital hand wiping digital curtain away from hiding person; illustration
Technology

Can we find hackers by the clues they leave in their code?

By Sarah Scoles

Watch a Japanese research ship fire an electromagnetic railgun
Technology

Watch a Japanese research ship fire an electromagnetic railgun

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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

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
Technology

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

By Kelsey D. Atherton