Daily Archives: Dec 17, 2025

It was Carl Sagan who used to say, "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." That adage now looms over the world of astronomy as Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb puts forward a bold hypothesis: The recently discovered interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is not a comet, but rather a nuclear-powered spacecraft. It is...

The M2 Carbine occupies a special position in United States military history neither a complete rifle nor a pistol alternative, but rather something in between. As the selective-fire successor to the M1 Carbine, it represented America's move away from traditional rifles toward the age of contemporary assault weapons. From...

When military small arms are involved, the argument is seldom won with one shot. Is extra firepower worth added weight? Can a new round actually revolutionize the game? The U.S. Army's XM7 rifle, star of the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program, is testing conventional wisdom about range, killing...