When Russian jamming neutered the recon drones flown by a group of Ukrainian special operators near Dnipro in August, they turned to a new solution: V-BAT drones built to withstand the massive electronic interference used by both sides in the…
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When danger sprang from the screen to real life, a Ukrainian game studio battled back
They’d been on edge for months. As winter wore on and Russian troops amassed on Ukraine’s border, they prepared a fleet of well-stocked buses, whose drivers stood by around the clock just outside the company’s headquarters.
When the…
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Ukrainians’ New Realities under Occupation
On the first day of the full-scale invasion, Russian forces advanced from annexed Crimea into Ukraine’s Kherson region, swiftly seizing control of the territory. While Ukraine’s counteroffensive has since liberated the western bank…
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Grappling with how clearings may support rainforest animal life — Harvard Gazette
“Tropical rainforest” conjures images of close-packed trees, dense humidity, a home for plenteous and diverse animal life.
But rainforests in the Congo Basin of west-central Africa also host lesser-known clearings called bais. Some stretch the length of 40 football fields; others only a…
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Amid Hurricane Milton’s devastation, a sliver of good news — Harvard Gazette
Earlier this month Hurricane Milton caused an estimated $50 billion in damage and claimed the lives of at least 14 people, yet didn’t deliver the scale of destruction some had feared.
Preparedness seems to have played a role in Milton’s relatively low death toll, according to a panel…
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Mars may have been habitable much more recently than thought — Harvard Gazette
Evidence suggests Mars could very well have been teeming with life billions of years ago. Now cold, dry, and stripped of what was once a potentially protective magnetic field, the Red Planet is a kind of forensic scene for scientists investigating whether Mars was indeed once habitable and, if…
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What do North Korean troop deployments to Russia mean for geopolitics?
In early October, Ukrainian intelligence reported that several thousand North Korean soldiers were undergoing training in Russia in preparation for deployment to the Ukrainian front line later this year. South Korea’s National…
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the widening gap between the EU and the US
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Competitiveness of the EU and the US.Summary
In recent decades the EU seems to have been lagging behind the US both economically and technologically. Identifying the key elements that underlie the differences in competitiveness has…Continue Reading
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Ukrainian football fans find common ground amid war with Russia
In Ukraine, the size of football crowds is dictated by the capacity of the nearest bomb shelter.
For the first time since the onset of the full-scale war in 2022, the Ukrainian Premier League is hosting a complete season…
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Ukrainian soccer league carries on despite blackouts and missile attacks
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At soccer games in Ukraine, crowd sizes are determined by the capacity of the nearest bomb shelter.
For the first time since the full-scale war began in 2022, the Ukrainian Premier…
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