Watch a Japanese research ship fire an electromagnetic railgun
An electromagnetic railgun can accelerate a projectile to astonishing speeds. Here’s why Japan tested one on the JS Asuka.
An electromagnetic railgun can accelerate a projectile to astonishing speeds. Here’s why Japan tested one on the JS Asuka.
The Triton aircraft has a wingspan wider than a Boeing 737’s. The program just reached an important milestone.
At over 2,700 feet tall, the Burj Khalifa has dominated as the tallest building in the world since 2010. What comes next is anyone’s guess.
A new simulation of the megatsunami created by the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption explains why it wasn’t more deadly.
Who are Swahili people and how was their culture formed? Thousand-year-old DNA tells a story of multiracial connections, trade, and refugees.
Here’s why some US lawmakers have introduced the RESTRICT Act, which focuses on tech from six different countries.
The private space company Axiom chose a four-person crew for its second mission to the ISS, including one paying space tourist and two astronauts from Saudi Arabia.
Here’s what an over-the-horizon radar does, why the US might want one in the Pacific, and how other systems like it work.
Here’s what Volcano Mine Dispenser are designed to do, and what it says about the defensive strategies that Taiwan could employ if needed.
While Russia and the US have more than 5,000 nuclear weapons each, a new report estimates that China’s arsenal could grow to 1,500 by 2035.