America currently appears to be in the process of destroying itself. The problems are too numerous to list here, but the most ...

Welcome to the inaugural edition of “The Iron Triangle”, my new Cipher Brief column that serves the three pillars of modern defense: Procurement Officers tasked with buying the future, Investors who ...

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

What if obedience has less to do with belief and more to do with how tired people have become? Learn how exhaustion quietly ...

This is an important year for Scottish politics. In four months' time, on Thursday 7 May, we will go to the polls to elect a new set of MSPs to run the country.

Nigeria’ll not make progress General Idada Ikponmwen (rtd) has held several positions in the Nigerian Army and is a well ...

Alvin Toffler's concept of "future shock" reflected Americans' anxieties of the future some sixty years ago. "Future shock" ...

Scientists have gotten an unprecedented look at how the human embryo implants in a uterus. They did this by creating very primitive, womb-like environments in the lab. "This is really important work ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...