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His plan to replace it with homegrown rice did not go well.
When Mongol traders came knocking, Sultan Muhammad II shaved off their beards. Three years later, his whole empire was annihilated.
Dig a 70-mile tunnel under the Bering Strait, and you get this amazing InterContinental Railway, which will reshape the world.
Queen Calafia seems like she could have sprung from the pages of a modern fantasy novel.
In a state of "hyperwar," accidents or unexpected AI decisions could lead to widespread devastation before humans could intervene.
How to separate the reality from the conspiracy theory.
Even if a balloon flies directly overhead, attempting to shoot it down with a conventional firearm is stupid, ineffective, and dangerous.
Spying is not usually done these days with balloons because they're an easy target and are not completely controllable.
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Rogue Putin is the biggest risk of 2023. Here are the other nine, explained by global political expert Ian Bremmer.
Created in the 1880s, "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan," which depicts a father murdering his son, divides Russians to this day.
When maps meet stamps, you get a love child called "cartophilately."
Retired astronaut Ron Garan believes that before we can begin solving our problems, we must understand our interrelatedness through the "orbital perspective."
Airports are like mini-cities: they have places of worship, policing, hotels, fine dining, shopping, and mass transit.
Three years after the pandemic began, we still don't know the origin of COVID. A strange lack of curiosity has stifled the debate.
Many have argued that morals are relative, but Russia's war crimes reveal the hollowness of that belief. Morality is universal and objective.
Many countries just ship their plastic waste overseas.
All nations have founding myths, but none are quite like Russia's.
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony sends yet another strong message to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Democracy is in decline, regardless of how we measure it.
Turning away is a natural response.
Time will tell what the reign of Charles III will look like, but one thing is for sure: the “new Elizabethan age” is long gone.
Total annihilation is a permanent threat.
The Russian mindset is characterized by cynicism and distrust.
"Strategic ambiguity" has long been the West's strategy on Taiwan.
For a time, Francis Fukuyama looked like a prophet.
A forensics expert explains what’s involved with documenting human rights violations during conflicts, from Afghanistan to Ukraine.