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During the 14th and 15th centuries, mercenaries known as condottieri dominated Italian warfare, profiting from— and encouraging— the region's intense political rivalries. As rulers competed for power and prestige, their disputes often...

Lethal drones with facial recognition, armed robots, autonomous fighter jets: we're at the dawn of a new age of AI-powered warfare, says technologist Alexandr Wang. He explores why data will be the secret weapon in this uncharted...

This week on SciShow news Hank explains what Curiosity has found, . . .water on Mars!

There are just six weeks left until the celestial odometer that is the Mayan calendar clicks over to the next b'akt'un, but in the meantime, scientists have been trying to solve the mystery behind the collapse of the Mayan civilization....

In which John Green teaches you about war! Specifically, John talks about whether humanity is naturally warlike, hard-wired to kill, or if perhaps war is a cultural construct. John will talk about the Hobbes versus Rousseau debate, the...

This week on SciShow news Hank explains what Curiosity has found, . . .water on Mars!

Chinese alchemists searching for an elixir of eternal life discovered the world's first chemical explosive. Hank has the full story on gunpowder in this SciShow about a big idea of science.

European powers had a lot of wars in the 18th century, and they weren't confined to Europe. Conflict raged across the globe, in what might be called a World War...but we don't call it that, because we already have a couple of those...

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel, as we explore the power of Gatling guns from their Civil War origins to the A-10 Warthog’s GAU-8 Avenger and the Navy’s Phalanx CIWS.



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Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel, as we explore the U.S. cutting-edge research into future aircraft and battlefield technologies, VTOL drones, and advanced laser defense systems.



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Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel for our quest to show you some of the best approaches for the neutralization of drones.





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As the Maya civilization neared its collapse, warfare became more intense and brutal in some regions, with some cities being destroyed and elites massacred. Evidence from sites like Kiuic and Aguateca shows that violence overwhelmed...

VUCA. It's a VUCA world. You've heard it a lot. Have you ever wondered what it means?



If you don't know and have wondered, well now's your chance to find out. I'll answer the...

Lessons from the frontline: why the experiences of soldiers in the Falklands War made doctors rethink how they treat severe trauma wounds.



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Lessons from the frontline: why the experiences of soldiers in the Vietnam War made doctors rethink how they treat severe trauma wounds. Biology - Human Body - Learning Points. During the Vietnam War, emergency blood transfusions given...

In the era of the battle royale, it’s no wonder that renewed interest has arisen in deciphering once and for all who the toughest warriors of all time were, both in the general sense and in the specific. Ranking various historical armies...

Learn how the expression "hold or cut bowstrings" traces back to medieval warfare tactics. At that time, archers often had to quickly decide whether to stand their ground and continue shooting or retreat and cut their bowstrings to...

Whether through security deals with the Solomon Islands or seeking to control the Chinese diaspora in Australia, Beijing puts huge resources into trying to influence how other countries view China. The FT's global China editor James...

Dr. Forrester discusses the impact of Native Americans on the British settlers and modern American culture.

We're all familiar with the haunting images of the concentration camps of World War II. But the history of those concentration camps extends back to the late 19th. century and the invention of barbed wire and repeating rifle [see...

Historian David Armitage (Harvard) details the deep revulsion that civil war held for ancient Romans and how it deeply threatened their ideas of citizenship and belonging.

Anthropologist Frans de Waal, Emory University, describes how the genetic commonalities between humans, bonobos and chimpanzees cast suspicions on the long-held claim of anthropologists that humans are an extremely aggressive species...

One of the United States’ finest war correspondents, Martha Gellhorn battled sexism and misogyny to report on the D-Day landings during the Second World War.