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The Army's New Tank Fires 'Smart' Cannon Rounds
An unwieldy designation obscures the new fighting vehicle's technological advancements.
I Tried to Hack My Circadian Rhythm With a Bright Light Therapy Headset
Some things are worth looking like an extra in a low rent sci-fi flick.
I Tried to Trick My Brain into Lucid Dreaming With Some Pills I Bought Online
Dream Leaf claims to be “the world’s most advanced lucid dreaming supplement.”
The Army's Futuristic Guard Posts Are Trailers with Pop-Up Gun Turrets
The idea is to quickly build perimeter defenses seemingly out of nowhere.
Russia Is Concerned About America's Far-Off Space Weapons
Russian military journals regularly feature articles presenting future American hypersonic weapons as an existential threat.
The Author of Our Best SF Military Novel Explains the Future of War
Sci-fi's reigning king of war fiction on 3D-printed weapons, why interstellar war is impossible, and how, one day, we might actually see the end of war.
This Is the War That Never Ends
Radio Motherboard takes on forever war, a new technique that allows researchers to control brains with sound, and "pizzaghetti."
How the US Military Fails to Protect Its Soldiers' Emails
The Army, the Navy, and even the CIA and the FBI don’t encrypt emails travelling across the internet.
Loose Tweets Destroy Fleets
There’s a new front to the information war and it’s being fought by finger tips.
The WWII-Era Plane Giving the F-35 a Run for Its Money
The war in Afghanistan proved that we can't just rely on new technology, but the Pentagon wouldn't listen—and troops paid the price.