Can an inheritance law lead to taller children? The answer is a qualified yes, according…
U.S. Defense Department Announces AI Competition to Detect, Defeat Illegal Fishing
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and Global Fishing Watch, a nonprofit that uses satellites to provide a view of global fishing activities, announced today a new xView3 Challenge to combat illegal, unreported…
U.S. DOD to Modernize Intelligence Information Apparatus With ‘Back to Basics’ Approach
The U.S. Defense Department’s information technology capacity provides intelligence information to leaders and warfighters to give them a decision-making advantage. The legacy systems that provide that capacity, however, must be modernized to…
Sexual Assault, Harassment Likely to Persist in U.S. Military Without Bold Action
Sexual assault and harassment may continue to undermine the U.S. military unless the Department of Defense (DoD) takes bold steps such as hiring dedicated, well-trained prevention staff and revisiting the chain of…
The U.S. Army Tried Portable Nuclear Power at Remote Bases 60 Years Ago – It Didn’t Go Well
In a tunnel 40 feet beneath the surface of the Greenland ice sheet, a Geiger counter screamed. It was 1964, the height of the Cold War. U.S. soldiers in the tunnel, 800…
Authoritarianism Advances as World Battles the Pandemic
Here’s some of what happened while the world was distracted by the coronavirus: Hungary banned the public depiction of homosexuality. China shut Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy newspaper. Brazil’s government extolled dictatorship. And…
