The Pentagon Is Zapping Troops With Electric Shocks To Replace Caffeine
In a story that could come straight out of Total Recall, the Pentagon has started testing the application of running low level electrical currents through soldiers' brains as a replacement for coffee...
View ArticleThese Incredible Works Of Art Were Saved By The Real-Life 'Monuments Men' Of...
The new George Clooney film "The Monuments Men" movie pales in comparison to the real art historians, architects, curators, and museum directors who saved Europe's finest art during World War II.These...
View ArticleThe First Smart Gun Has Come To America, And It Could Be The Start Of A...
The future of gun control is quickly emerging.In California, German gun manufacturer Armatix GmbH has begun selling a gun which can only fire when the owner wears an accompanying wristwatch.Basically,...
View ArticleDrug Overdose Suspected In Deaths Of Two Former Navy SEALs On ‘Captain...
Traces of drugs were discovered on the bodies of two former Navy SEALs who were found dead on a ship docked near an island northeast of Madagascar, CNN reports.Seychelles officials told CNN they...
View ArticleHow Claudia Kalugina Became One Of The Deadliest Female Snipers In History
Snipers are the most cost effective weapon in any military arsenal. Despite the massive amounts of training, snipers save the U.S. military about 249,999 rounds of ammunition for each enemy killed with...
View Article17 Photos From The Massive Protests That Have Swept Venezuela
Several weeks ago, a few hundred students marched into the streets of Caracas and other cities in Venezuela to protest against President Nicolas Maduro and the Chavista government. Since then, the...
View ArticleVENEZUELAN PROTESTER: We Have Reached The Point Of No Return
Anti-government protests have been a semi-regular occurrence in Venezuela for quite some time, but they've gained steam in recent weeks with high-profile murders galvanizing protesters to continue...
View ArticleDeclassified Photos Give An Inside Look At The Ultra-Secret NSA
Last year, in celebration of its 60th anniversary, the National Security Agency published a digital memory book of declassified photos, audio tapes, and documents from its archives. The multi-billion...
View ArticleWWII Diary Of Legendary Navy Admiral To Be Released
The 4,000 page diary of legendary U.S. Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz is to be unveiled on Monday by the Naval War College.Held on what would be Nimitz' 129th birthday, the release of the diary is sure to...
View ArticleWalter Ehlers, The Last Medal Of Honor Recipient Who Stormed D-Day Beach,...
Former Army Staff Sgt. Walter Ehlers, the last living Medal of Honor recipient to storm Omaha Beach on D-Day during World War II, has died. He was 92.Born in Junction City, Kansas in 1921, Ehlers...
View ArticleHaunting Raw Video Shows Final Preparation Of Atomic Bomb And The Explosion...
As part of the final stages of World War II, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan in August 1945. Today, the location remains the largest city to undergo a nuclear attack.This...
View ArticleA Fight Just Broke Out In The Ukrainian Parliament
Amid the latest tension, this happened.Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticleThis Video Of Shoppers Fighting Over Chickens Explains Everything About...
Grocery shopping has been no easy task in Venezuela for the last several years, but things reached a breaking point in January when the Central Bank of Venezuela announced that a staple scarcity index...
View ArticleFlorida Man Allegedly Stole An Army Humvee Because He Was Bored And High
A 19-year-old Florida man was allegedly bored and high Wednesday night and broke into an Army Reserve Training Center, the Orlando Sentinel reports.Jose Quinones allegedly found the ultimate cure for...
View ArticleStunning Combat Artwork Reveals WWII Fighting That Will Never Be Seen Again
Battlefield artists were once the only way to capture what really happened in war.The practice of illustrating combat for people at home began during the Civil War, when special artists, or...
View ArticleHow Syria Could Be Permanently Ripped Apart, In Two Maps
The Syrian Civil War is quickly approaching its third anniversary on March 15.Instead of moving towards peace, negotiations have largely stalled, the Assad regime has continued its use of brutal...
View ArticleIslamic Militants Have Reportedly Been Recruiting Soldiers From Eastern...
The Lebanon-based Islamic militant group Hezbollah has been ferrying trained and combat-ready mercenaries from Eastern Europe into Syria, The Daily Star reports, citing security sources.The first batch...
View ArticleThese Instagrams From Before And After Protests in Kiev Will Break Your Heart
Kiev, specifically Maidan Square, has become the epicenter of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. James Joiner from Esquire put together a brilliant feature showing side-by-side images from the same...
View Article24 Soldiers, Forgotten and Discriminated Against, Will Finally Be Awarded A...
Passed over due to negligence and possible discrimination, 24 veterans will receive the Medal of Honor from President Obama on March 18. Of the 24, only three are alive to accept the award. The other...
View ArticleFive Ex-Guantanamo Detainees Are Seeking Damages For 'Abuse And Torture'
Five former Guantanamo detainees are seeking damages for what they say were years of sexual, mental and physical abuse at the US detention center, where they were held without charge or trial.The men...
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