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This Cheetah Robot Is 'A Ferrari In The Robotics World'
DARPA's made all types of robots, from "Big Dog" to "Wild Cat," and soft robots to flying robots. Their latest creepy invention is a robotic "cheetah" that can run, bound, and jump obstacles in its...
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American F-16 Pilot Killed In Middle East Crash
An American Air Force pilot was killed on November 30 when his F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed shortly after takeoff from a base in the Middle East, according to a report from from US Central Command.The...
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NATO Published A Fact Sheet Rebutting Putin's Claims Over The Ukraine Crisis
Tensions between Russia and NATO have continued to intensify as the conflict in Ukraine grinds on. Both NATO and Russia have exchanged barbs, criticizing the other side for its role in a conflict that...
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North Korea Is In The Process Of Developing A Fleet Of Nuclear...
North Korea is attempting to develop submarines capable of launching nuclear armed ballistic missiles, Debalina Ghoshal writes for USNI News. North Korea is developing a new class of submarines based...
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ISIS Is Running An Alarmingly Effective Terrorist State
ISIS blitzed through Iraq and Syria over the summer, seizing Iraq's second-largest city, ethnically cleansing entire minority groups, and executing US and British hostages.At times, the group appeared...
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OPEC Had To Choose Between Two Libyan Governments
The story of last week was that OPEC, at its annual meeting in Vienna on Thursday, decided not to cut oil production despite the recent price freefalls in the energy market. But there was something...
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China's Ban On Puns Comes Straight Out Of '1984'
China announced a ban on puns and casual alteration of idioms last week, warning that wordplay could lead to “cultural and linguistic chaos."If you think that sounds Orwellian, then you're right.The...
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Meet The Drug Lords And Foot Soldiers Who Have Transformed Colombia's Coke...
Since the death of notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar in 1993, the Colombian cocaine industry has undergone a dramatic shift.Gone are the days of lavish spending, mega-cartels, and murder-counts greater...
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REPORTS: A Secretary Of Defense Nominee Has Been Chosen
Ashton Carter, the former theoretical physicist who was briefly second-in-command at the Pentagon under Chuck Hagel, will be President Barack Obama's nominee to succeed Hagel as secretary of defense,...
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Amazing American Civil War Photos Turned Into Glorious Color
Color photography may not have been widely used until the 1930s, but that hasn’t stopped an active group of Redditors from looking to change the past. On the Colorized History Subreddit, Redditors use...
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Oil Has Been The 'Glue' That Has Held Nigeria Together, And Now It's Failing
When OPEC decided not to cut production last week, the move was widely seen as Saudi Arabia declaring war on American shale producers.But there's likely to be a lot of collateral damage. Venezuela is...
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North Korea Won't Like It, But Seth Rogen's 'The Interview' Is Hilarious
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's Kim Jong-un assassination comedy "The Interview" has been the subject of a lot of controversy. The film was originally scheduled to be released in October, but after...
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Defense Secretary Favorite Ash Carter Wanted To Bomb North Korea In 2006
Ashton Carter, President Barack Obama's nominee to succeed Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense, is largely known as a behind-the-scenes player, a thinker and manager rather than a public agitator. This...
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TED CRUZ: 'The World Is On Fire'
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) attacked what he described as "the Obama-Clinton foreign policy" in a wide-ranging speech on Tuesday. "It's almost as if the whole world is on fire right now," Cruz said at a...
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The US IS Now In An 'Awkward' Position Over Syria And Iraq
Whether they're directly cooperating or just "deconflicting," the US air force is operating alongside the Syrian and the Iranian air forces over Iraq and Syria.On Monday, an unnamed US defense official...
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Russia Is Militarizing The Arctic
Russia's new military command center in the Arctic became operational Monday, as the country increasingly militarizes the polar region. Moscow's new Northern Command will subsume the Russian Northern...
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This Infographic Shows The 400 Year History Of A Pillar Of Global Security
Since the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, the concept of open seas for trade has been considered a cornerstone of the international order. But despite the recognition of the importance of open trade, the...
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Why Putin Took Illegal Boat Rides Into Spain In The 1990s
Russian President Vladimir Putin is a sneaky guy, and the new book"Putin’s Kleptocracy" by Karen Dawisha includes more evidence of the Russian president's intrigues.One story involves Putin allegedly...
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Obama's Inner Circle Never Really Had Room For Hillary
In this excerpt from Clinton, Inc: The Audacious Rebuilding Of A Political Machine, Daniel Halper, a political writer and online editor at The Weekly Standard, compiles candid interviews with former...
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Ukraine Prime Minister: There Has Been An Accident At A Nuclear Plant In The...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said Wednesday that there had been an accident at a nuclear plant in southeastern Ukraine, Reuters reports."I know that an accident has occurred at the...
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