Blood amber: The exquisite trove of fossils fuelling war in Myanmar
1 May 2019
A huge number of finds in newly mined amber are rewriting what we know about the age of the dinosaurs. But getting hold of them may come at a terrible human price
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The forgotten riches of the most densely biodiverse country on Earth
10 April 2019
Colombia is home to more birds, amphibians and butterflies than anywhere else. Human conflict preserved them – and in peace they now face new threats
Death rays: How the dream of an ultimate weapon became a dark farce
18 December 2018
The quest for the ultimate destructive weapon is a convoluted story of egos, charlatanry and deception – with a starring role for mercurial genius Nikola Tesla
Artificial intelligence is about to revolutionise warfare. Be afraid
12 September 2018
Sci-fi loves to depict military AIs as malign killer minds or robots. But the truth is more subtle and more terrifying – and it's happening right now
Iran's Pompeii: Astounding story of a massacre buried for millennia
12 September 2018
The ancient town of Hasanlu was under savage attack when a chance event meant every detail was frozen in time. Finally the story can be told, and the assailants unmasked
Four ways dolphins are amazing – and one way they’re not
28 June 2018
We certainly click with dolphins, but they are also otherworldly creatures with a suite of senses divergent from our own. Here’s our top 5 facts about them
Inside the secret military programme that uses dolphins as weapons
27 June 2018
In the 1950s, the US navy thought dolphins would be good templates for torpedo design. But they ended up using them for a very different purpose
Real-life Lord of the Flies experiment led us up the warpath
14 February 2018
Muzafer Sherif’s notorious experiment with children is held up as proof that conflict is in our blood – but a look behind the scenes tells a different story
The new nuclear race: Why North Korea isn’t the real story
20 September 2017
The sabre-rattling between Pyongyang and Washington is masking a dangerous destabilisation in deterrence – making nuclear war by accident a real possibility
