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France’s new warship will have an inverted bow and 2.2-ton radar panels
The best way to strip paint off a fighter jet? Laser-wielding robots.
Autonomous ships could be the new pawns on the naval chessboard
A new take on creating an invisibility shield borrows from classical physics
Boeing’s new fighter jet trainer features stadium seating and touchscreens
How to start a conspiracy theory
Ruffled camouflage is perfect for the tank that wants to blend in
The coolest planes at the Reno air races
The next big space race is happening in Asia
How to protect yourself from nuclear radiation
This big drone takes off like a helicopter, flies like a biplane, and can carry 70 pounds
What it’s like to eject out of a military jet
Nuking hurricanes out of the sky ‘doesn’t make sense at all’
A few small goofs nearly threw the world into nuclear war
Everything we know about the new airplanes in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
France’s new 5,181-ton nuclear submarine has no traditional periscope. Here’s how that works.
No, Lyme disease is not an escaped military bioweapon, despite what conspiracy theorists say
North Korea’s missile program and nuclear weapons: What we know (and don’t)
Volvo Group’s new military vehicle can drive sideways, like a crab
Black Hawk helicopters have a flight plan to go autonomous
A third of youth firearm deaths could be prevented without taking away a single gun
Everything you could ever want to know about flying the U-2 spy plane
Birds, bats, and beluga whales: An incomplete list of animal spies
The US Army is still looking for its perfect quadcopter drone
The weirdest things we learned this week: you can mummify yourself to death and Disney is full of military tech
These blades can cut nearly anything
How we turned guns and opioids into epidemics
We’re creeping back up to mid ‘90s-level gun death rates
These elite chemical weapons detectives can prove who’s behind deadly attacks
The greatest security innovations of 2018
Gunshot wound first aid can save a life. Here’s what to do.
The oldest weapons in North America offer a new view of prehistoric tech
Innovation, war, and glory: the soldier-scientist who unlocked the secrets of the Sahara
Here’s China’s massive plan to retool the web
How to build a tabletop catapult
The double-hinged door between astrophysics and the military
Of course semi-automatic guns are deadlier. Here’s why scientists took so long to say so.
Another AI winter could usher in a dark period for artificial intelligence
Guess which two countries account for a third of all gun deaths
Professional designers explain why the Space Force logos are no good
Trump’s Space Force aims to create ‘American dominance in space’ by 2020
Here’s what the U.S. Army’s new gender-neutral fitness test will look like
China’s latest quantum radar could help detect stealth planes, missiles
Power-multiplying exoskeletons are slimming down for use on the battlefield
Immigrant children in U.S. detention camps could face yet another health hazard: contaminated water
Space Force isn’t the first time the US has tried to send the military into orbit
Trump’s Space Force could be one giant leap into a tricky situation
These U.S. Air Force pilots are ready for hurricane hunting season
Some 83,000 members of the U.S. military are missing. This group tries to bring them home.
Your forearm is a great place to grow a new ear
China’s opening a factory to build engines for hypersonic missiles and spaceplanes
And now, a ship that can mine 39,000 tons of ore from a mile under water
China has big plans for a modern bomber
Human thigh bones apparently make excellent weapons in close combat
Can you pass the U.S. Army’s World War I-era intelligence test?
It’s not just Syria—chemical weapons still pose a global threat
China is building drone planes for its aircraft carriers
China is using furnaces to manufacture 10 billion tons of rain
How missiles got smart
China’s new stealth fighter uses powerful materials with geometry not found in nature
With Operation Popeye, the U.S. government made weather an instrument of war
A Chinese shipbuilder accidentally revealed its major navy plans
China’s hypersonic aircraft would fly from Beijing to New York in two hours
China’s J-20 stealth fighter jet has officially entered service