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The 4 Most Sinister CIA Programs Ever Conducted

Many of the security dilemmas the U.S. now faces stem from the CIA's actions abroad — here are a handful you should know about.

By Richard Stockton • Sep 25, 2016

The 4 Most Sinister CIA Programs Ever Conducted

Many of the security dilemmas the U.S. now faces stem from the CIA's actions abroad — here are a handful you should know about.

By Richard Stockton • September 25, 2016

The Troubling Legacy Of Mikhail Kalashnikov’s Greatest Invention

How Mikhail Kalashnikov invented the AK-47, why it took over the world, and what he wishes he'd made instead.

By Savannah Cox • Sep 19, 2016

The Troubling Legacy Of Mikhail Kalashnikov’s Greatest Invention

How Mikhail Kalashnikov invented the AK-47, why it took over the world, and what he wishes he'd made instead.

By Savannah Cox • September 19, 2016

4 Abandoned Nuclear Testing Sites Humans Destroyed Worse Than Chernobyl

Some of history’s most cataclysmic nuclear incidents are the ones you’ve never even heard about. When we think of nuclear disasters, our minds typically jump right to the horrific incidents at Chernobyl or Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As devastating as those incidents were, during the Cold War competing global powers conducted...

By Elisabeth Sherman • Aug 28, 2016

4 Abandoned Nuclear Testing Sites Humans Destroyed Worse Than Chernobyl

Some of history’s most cataclysmic nuclear incidents are the ones you’ve never even heard about. When we think of nuclear disasters, our minds typically jump right to the horrific incidents at Chernobyl or Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As devastating as those incidents were, during the Cold War competing global powers conducted...

By Elisabeth Sherman • August 28, 2016

The 5 Most Infamous American Spies

Although the lives of the greatest American spies are always kept secret, it's the lives of the notorious double agents that capture the public's attention.

By Nickolaus Hines • Jun 19, 2016

The 5 Most Infamous American Spies

Although the lives of the greatest American spies are always kept secret, it's the lives of the notorious double agents that capture the public's attention.

By Nickolaus Hines • June 19, 2016

Inside The U.S. Government’s Secret 30-Year Radiation Experiment On Its Citizens

For 30 years, the U.S. government deliberately exposed thousands of its people to life-threatening radiation. Modern scholarship reveals how far the project went.

By Richard Stockton • May 3, 2016

Inside The U.S. Government’s Secret 30-Year Radiation Experiment On Its Citizens

For 30 years, the U.S. government deliberately exposed thousands of its people to life-threatening radiation. Modern scholarship reveals how far the project went.

By Richard Stockton • May 3, 2016

The Peacekeeper Missile, The Nuclear Weapon So Deadly It Had To Be Banned

While this ultra powerful nuclear weapon was too deadly to stay in use, here's your one chance to see the peacekeeper missile in action.

By Nickolaus Hines • Mar 22, 2016

The Peacekeeper Missile, The Nuclear Weapon So Deadly It Had To Be Banned

While this ultra powerful nuclear weapon was too deadly to stay in use, here's your one chance to see the peacekeeper missile in action.

By Nickolaus Hines • March 22, 2016

25 Bizarre But Beautiful Communist-Era Posters For Oscar-Worthy Hollywood Movies

The stark, often surreal portrayals of Hollywood’s most beloved films revealed a startling — and intentional — divide between the East and West.

By All That's Interesting • Feb 27, 2016

25 Bizarre But Beautiful Communist-Era Posters For Oscar-Worthy Hollywood Movies

The stark, often surreal portrayals of Hollywood’s most beloved films revealed a startling — and intentional — divide between the East and West.

By All That's Interesting • February 27, 2016

Leonid Rogozov, The Soviet Doctor Who Performed Emergency Surgery On Himself

When Russian explorer Leonid Rogozov needed an appendectomy in the middle of Antarctica, he was the only doctor on site. So he did it himself.

By Nickolaus Hines • Feb 23, 2016

Leonid Rogozov, The Soviet Doctor Who Performed Emergency Surgery On Himself

When Russian explorer Leonid Rogozov needed an appendectomy in the middle of Antarctica, he was the only doctor on site. So he did it himself.

By Nickolaus Hines • February 23, 2016

5 Times The World Was On The Very Brink Of Nuclear Annihilation

It's astonishing how many times we've been on the cusp of Armageddon following the creation of the hydrogen bomb.

By John Schellhase • Jan 31, 2016

5 Times The World Was On The Very Brink Of Nuclear Annihilation

It's astonishing how many times we've been on the cusp of Armageddon following the creation of the hydrogen bomb.

By John Schellhase • January 31, 2016

Committing Treason To Win The Presidency: How Richard Nixon And Henry Kissinger Prolonged The Vietnam War

Political ambition—or as some might call it when it comes to Richard Nixon, treason—prolonged the war in Vietnam for half a decade. Here's how it happened.

By Richard Stockton • Jan 27, 2016

Committing Treason To Win The Presidency: How Richard Nixon And Henry Kissinger Prolonged The Vietnam War

Political ambition—or as some might call it when it comes to Richard Nixon, treason—prolonged the war in Vietnam for half a decade. Here's how it happened.

By Richard Stockton • January 27, 2016