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Proponents of drones in foreign conflicts argue that it reduces harm for civilians and U.S. military personnel alike. Here’s why that might be wrong.
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Trump’s Middle East peace plan contains the first map of a Palestinian state that ‘Israel can live with’.
When it comes to foreign intervention, we often overlook the practices that creep into life back home.
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Does the President get to decide when to ignore the law?
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With just a few strategical tweaks, the Nazis could have won one of World War II’s most decisive battles.
When you simplify history, you obliterate the truth, says Ethan Hawke.
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Next up on the countdown at #2, the world’s next superpower might just resurrect the Middle Ages.
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Third on the Big Think 2019 countdown reveals this is what the world will be like if we do not act on climate change.
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Big Think’s eighth most popular video of the year reveals what the real future of war could look like.
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MIT team successfully tests a new method for verification of weapons reduction.
The host of Hardcore History has written his first book, The End Is Always Near.
Recognizing the opportunity the future holds can help you better manage the challenges to come.
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A second step is to determine where violence concentrates and who is most at risk.
For decades, Americans sprayed the notorious pesticide DDT all over their homes and fields. But it turns out we may have known about — and ignored — a safer alternative used by the Nazi regime.
Why were the Nazis so enamored with the occult, pseudoscience, and magic?
In 1919, Woodrow Wilson attempted to rally the U.S. behind the League of Nations. His failure suggested the way forward.
On the latest episode of The Portal, the two men talk about the consequences of a public being shielded from battle.
Forensic cartography 101: Explain what Brasilia is doing on this map of 1920s South America.
During World War II, the U.S. incarcerated over 100,000 Japanese Americans in concentration camps throughout the West.
We are constantly trying to force the world to look like us — we need to move on.
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A recent clinical trial shows that two new drugs are far more effective than current treatments.
Warspeak has relentlessly crept into most aspects of American life and public discourse.
By transplanting Operation Barbarossa on a map of the US, it showed the devastating effects of the Nazi invasion
Considering the U.S.’s history of biological warfare, maybe this theory isn’t as crazy as it sounds.
“It is almost impossible to put into words the difference that Alan Turing made to society.”
The Doomsday clock has never been closer to midnight.
#MeToo and #TimesUp catapult America into the club of world’s most anti-women countries.
Many governments do not report, or misreport, the numbers of refugees who enter their country.
Albert Einstein is synonymous with genius. While we’re all aware of his outstanding contributions to science, much of his brilliance is incomprehensible to us because it pertains to such an […]
Sobering accounts from one of the most pivotal battles in world history.