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Report Claims Militias Have Seized Qaddafi’s Chemical Weapons Amid Chaos in Libya
A report cites an unnamed Libyan military official as saying militias have captured a cache of Qaddafi-era chemical weapons, including mustard gas and the nerve agent Sarin.
Syria Is Obama's Rwanda
American officials say they want to do more to help the horrifying situation in Syria, but they’re stopped by the White House.
A New, Old Way To Defend Against Chemical Weapons
A rediscovered compound beats anything going for neutralizing nerve agents. It might do the same for atmospheric carbon.
How Plants Can Detect Chemical Weapons
Evidence of chemical warfare agents sticks around longer in plants than soil.
Reptile Commanders from Planet Debby
For anyone cognizant of Vladimir Putin's backstory, his intrusion on the Syria matter has been one of those paradoxical demonstrations that "a stopped clock is right twice a day."
Are Chemical Weapons Actually Useful in a War?
Bashar Assad gave the US an excuse to enter the war when he used chemical weapons against the Syrian rebels trying to overthrow him, but in this day and age such weapons aren't very effective ways of killing people.
Sarin, PCP, and Colonel James S. Ketchum
The doctor behind the US Army's psychedelic Manhattan Project, held at the top-secret Edgewood Arsenal facility, has a few regrets. Weed isn't one of them.
From Tesla to Asahara: One Japanese Death Cult's Insane Attempt to Split the World in Two
On May 28, 1993, a remote and dusty thicket of the Australian outback shook for hundreds of miles around. Deep reverberating explosions could be heard far and wide, the night sky illuminated by sporadic flashes of unexplained light—all this allegedly...