Daily Archives: Mar 18, 2026

The implication that Mars might contain the clearest signs of ancient life yet is one that will doubtless inspire some debate. NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered unusual clay-rich rocks with so-called "leopard spots" in Jezero Crater's Bright Angel formation-the same texture seen on Earth, where it commonly signals past...

It's a rare day that a bomber from the 1950s forces a rethink of air warfare for the modern age. And yet, one otherwise unobtrusive Russian decision to shift its Tu-95MS fleet from its longtime launch hub to some undisclosed airfield has done just that. Spotted by open-source analysts,...

What happens when a war economy runs out of cash to pay for its own soldiers? That question has just moved from theory into reality in Russia's Far East. On local television, the finance minister of Yakutia-a region thousands of miles from Moscow-confessed that bonuses for contract soldiers had...