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Travel

Photos from the Front Lines of the Ukraine Conflict

06.21.16

By Michela A. G. Iaccarino
Travel

Photos from the Front Lines of the Ukraine Conflict

06.21.16

By Michela A. G. Iaccarino
Tech

After ISIS Killed His Friends, This Guy Founded a Security Firm to Kill ISIS

09.18.15

By David Gilmour
Four Former Blackwater Mercenaries Are Going to Prison for Slaughtering Iraqi Civilians

04.14.15

By Matt Taylor
Games

Let’s Blow Some Shit Up: A Brief History of Cathartic Destruction in Video Games

03.26.15

By Ian Dransfield
Killing People Overseas Will Always Be a Growth Industry

12.10.14

By Sean McFate
Is the Blackwater Verdict the Beginning of the End for Private Military Contractors?

10.24.14

By Matt Taylor
Hired Guns

06.06.12

By Derek Mead
Games

Dead Space

10.31.08

By Stephen Lea Sheppard; Illustrations: Ben Rayner

The Latest

Sonos Beam (2nd Generation) – Credit: Sonos

Tech

Want a Sonos Home Theater Upgrade on a Budget? The Beam Soundbar Is Just $369.

Want better audio without having to sell a kidney? Sonos’ semi-affordable soundbar is on sale for a price that goes full-blown affordable.

06.05.25

By Matt Jancer
Empa

News

Scientists Used Mushrooms To Invent a Plastic That’s Alive

06.05.25

By Luis Prada
DJI Drone – Credit: DJI

News

Dji Is… Happy That the White House Will Decide Next Week on Whether To Ban Its Drones?

DJI has swagger as the US government fulfills it wishes and takes a rumored imminent look into whether the Chinese company can keep operating as usual in the US.

06.05.25

By Matt Jancer
Wildpixel/Getty Images

News

There Are 8.2 Billion People on Earth—but There Might Actually Be Billions More

06.05.25

By Luis Prada
Photo by Rijksmuseum/Kelly Schenk

Life

Rare 200-Year-Old Condom Goes on Display at Dutch Museum

A Dutch museum decided to put quite an unusual object on display in its most recent exhibit—a 19th century condom.

06.05.25

By Paige Gawley