Defense One

And just like that, the Navy’s frigate program is back on—sort of

SIMI VALLEY, California.—The White House has greenlit a plan to design and build a frigate domestically as part of its proposed “Golden Fleet,” Navy Secretary John Phelan announced at the Reagan ...
The Economist

The wrong sort of peace leads to the next war

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN once wrote to a friend: “In my Opinion there never was a good war, or a bad peace.” For all his wisdom, the founding father of American diplomacy was wrong. Though the cruelties of ...
USA Today

We rode along Paul Revere's route to sort myth from reality, lone hero from legend

Sitting cross-legged on matted classroom rugs, elementary school students each year are read the famous opening lines of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem: “Listen, my children, and you shall hear of ...
Wired

A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Clipse On Overcoming Grief With Their Reunion Album: “It Just Doesn’t Go Away”

Pusha T and Malice open up about the vindication they felt in the wake of 'Let God Sort Em Out's' success and the importance of their sibling relationship. By Kyle Eustice In the span of just four ...
The Economist

A Nobel laureate on why stablecoins may be nothing of the sort

STABLECOINS HAVE entered the financial mainstream, thanks in no small part to the GENIUS Act. This American law, passed in July, creates a regulatory framework for these digital tokens, thereby ...
InfoQ

Java 25, the Next LTS Release, Delivers Finalized Features and Focus on Performance and Runtime

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...
The New York Times

Why do athletes spit so much? Well, there might be a benefit — sort of

Editor’s note: This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering leadership, personal development, success and performance through the lens of sports. Follow Peak here. In 2020, Major League ...
New Atlas

Cyclotron saves periodic table when physics goes bonkers

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are using the 88-Inch Cyclotron to help steady the famous periodic table of elements one atom at a time where it's gone a ...
Los Angeles Times

Clipse are paving a ‘new frontier’ in rap. How? They’re ‘cracking the ceiling to longevity’

No one really thought Clipse would get back together. The duo, composed of brothers Pusha T and Malice, is well known for setting a new precedent for rap throughout the aughts. If you wipe the dust ...
Phys.org

Atom-at-a-time technique sheds light on chemistry at the bottom of the periodic table

The periodic table is one of the triumphs of science. Even before certain elements had been discovered, this chart could successfully predict their masses, densities, how they would link up with other ...