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The growing role of fighting robots on the ground in Ukraine
Military robots operated by remote control are known as Uncrewed Ground Vehicles (UGVs). The earliest model was the Soviet ...
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Israel responds to Iran’s barrage with a symbolic strike
The Iranian barrage of more than 300 missiles and drones aimed at Israel on April 13th—its response to the deadly air strike two weeks earlier at the Iranian diplomatic compound in Damascus—could not ...
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Why do cicadas have such a strange life cycle?
The temperature determines precisely when cicadas come out; the soil temperature eight inches deep must reach around 18°C. When that happens, usually sometime in May, they mature, emerge, mate, lay ...
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Käthe Kollwitz, a pioneering German artist, finally gets her due
In its visceral portrayal of anguish, Käthe Kollwitz’s “Frau mit totem Kind” (“Woman with Dead Child”, pictured) was unlike any previous depiction of the Virgin Mary cradling the body of Jesus Christ.
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After Dobbs, Americans are turning to permanent contraception
In a paper published on April 12th in JAMA Health Forum, a medical journal, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and Boston University analysed data on permanent contraceptive procedures ...
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Man sets himself on fire outside courthouse; Democrats advance aid plan
The latest news in US politics, with coverage of Joe Biden and the Democrats, Donald Trump and the Republicans plus daily ...
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Trump jury is chosen; Democrats advance Johnson’s aid plan
The latest news in US politics, with coverage of Joe Biden and the Democrats, Donald Trump and the Republicans plus daily ...
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Trump jury is chosen; hardline conservatives oppose foreign-aid plan
The latest news in US politics, with coverage of Joe Biden and the Democrats, Donald Trump and the Republicans plus daily ...
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Trump jury is chosen; Freedom Caucus opposes foreign-aid plan
The latest news in US politics, with coverage of Joe Biden and the Democrats, Donald Trump and the Republicans plus daily ...
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This week’s cover
T his week’s cover looks at reasons to feel optimistic about Generation Z, or the group of people born between 1997 and 2012. The popular view is that smartphones have made them miserable and they ...
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What is weighing on CEOs’ minds this earnings season?
Two letters, from Messrs Dimon and Jassy, are particularly relevant as the country enters the spring earnings season. After three Goldilocks months from January to March, when the stockmarket rallied ...
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Much of the Great War was decided in the east
When Winston Churchill wrote about the Eastern Front in his sixth and final volume on the Great War, published in 1931, he described it as both the “greatest war in history” and the “most frightful ...