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Lost samples from a secret army base reveal that Greenland's ice vanished 416,000 years ago. That means it could melt way faster than expected.

Sun, 07/30/2023 - 07:39

Two reserachers, Lyle B. Hansen and Chester Langway, lean over a grey-brown piece of core with engrossed looks on their faces. The man on the left is pointing with a gloved hand to something on the core we can't see, he appears to be saying something. — Lyle B. Hansen and Chester Langway inspecting the sub-ice core from the Project Iceworm drilling.
Photograph by David Atwood, U.S.

Science, Ice Cores, Army, Cold War, Climate Change, Sea Level Rise

The Korean War ended 70 years ago. Here's how the 'forgotten war' started.

Fri, 07/28/2023 - 17:21

1024px Task_Force_Smith — Task Force Smith arrives in South Korea to begin the Korean war in 1950.
US Army via Wikimedia Commons

Military & Defense Contributors, BI General Contributors, Military & Defense, International, Task & Purpose, Korea, North Korea

De-dollarization risks aren't priced in despite rising US dysfunction and tension with China, JPMorgan says

Wed, 07/19/2023 - 11:34

Tech Insider : Economy

One Chinese yuan bill lying on top of a US dollar bill. — One Chinese yuan bill lying on top of a US dollar bill.
Getty Images

Markets, MI Exclusive, De-Dollarization, China, Dollar, Cold War, Dollar dominance

This $6 million Las Vegas bunker is still looking for a buyer. It's 26 feet underground, decorated like the 1970s, and owned by a foundation that wants to freeze humans for science.

Thu, 05/04/2023 - 17:18

U.H. (13) 3000 — Stephan Laforge

Real Estate, Features, Tech, Architecture, Nuclear Bomb, 1970s, design

The US and China are on a collision course that will worsen the geopolitical economic depression, 'Dr. Doom' economist Nouriel Roubini warns

Thu, 05/04/2023 - 13:19

Tech Insider : Economy

Nouriel Roubini 2. — Nouriel Roubini.
Tom Williams/Getty Images

Markets, MI Exclusive, Nouriel Roubini, US-China, US china tensions, US China trade tensions, Decoupling

Putin's KGB past is key to grasping what he might do next in his failing Ukraine war, ex-spies say

Fri, 02/24/2023 - 09:05

Tech Insider : Politics

Russian President Vladimir Putin — Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with the Investigative Committee head Alexander Bastrykin in Saint Petersburg on October 9, 2022.
Gavriil Grigorov/Getty Images

Military & Defense, politics, International, News, Nordic, Vladimir Putin, Russia

The US military once blasted airships with nukes on balloons to see if they could drop nuclear bombs on submarines and survive

Sat, 02/18/2023 - 08:00

A picture from nuclear tests, codenamed Stokes, involving airships in 1957 during Operation Plumbbob. — A picture from nuclear tests, codenamed Stokes, involving airships in 1957 during Operation Plumbbob.
National Nuclear Security Administration/Nevada Site Office

Military & Defense, News, Speed desk, Navy, Airships, Blimps, Nuclear

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