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Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019; seven Ethiopian armed groups have now allied to remove him from power

Seven Ethiopian armed groups, including the TPLF, Amhara Fano, and the Oromo Liberation Army, have united to remove Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed —…

The Romans built harbours in seawater 2,000 years ago using volcanic ash concrete that grows stronger over time, while modern cement begins degrading within decades of being poured

A construction site frozen by Vesuvius in 79 CE has confirmed how the Romans made concrete that heals itself. The real puzzle is why we stopped…

Athens, Texas just banned new data centers inside city limits on a 3-2 vote, defining any server facility over 500 square feet as prohibited, while the state pauses new grid hookups for the same industry

The ordinance passed August 24 after a Data Factory pitch in April, and the 500-square-foot floor is drawn narrow enough to exempt school server…

People who check their phone as soon as they wake up in the morning typically display these 6 traits according to psychology

The morning phone check is not really about the phone. It is about what a person does with the first unstructured moment of the day — and the pa…

Seth Godin said instead of wondering when your next vacation is maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from, here's why true success is about lifestyle design

Seth Godin's line about designing a life you don't need to escape from cuts against the whole logic of the vacation as reward. What if the count…

Things grandparents do that create unbreakable bonds with their grandkids says psychology

The strongest bonds between grandparents and grandchildren are not built from indulgence or grand gestures. New research and clinical observatio…

A $533 million Texas artillery plant made zero shells, and General Dynamics kept the money and won $2.5 billion more

The U.S. Army spent $533 million on a General Dynamics artillery factory in Texas that never produced a usable shell. The contractor kept gettin…

Hegseth polled top commanders on cutting the Pentagon's civilian-harm program; every command said preserve it, he cut it anyway

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth polled nine top commanders on cutting the Pentagon's civilian-harm program. All nine said keep it. He cut it anyw…

CENTCOM aide admits on the record to a reporter blacklist the Pentagon publicly denies exists

A CENTCOM official's on-record admission of a journalist blacklist contradicts the Pentagon's public denials, and lands inside a broader restruc…

A new documentary follows three American doctors into Gaza's hospitals, then shows their fight to be heard in Congress

A new documentary follows three American physicians into Gaza's collapsing hospitals — and tracks what happened when they came home to describe…

The Iran cease-fire collapsed in three weeks, and Trump, Vance and CENTCOM still can't agree what the war was for

The expired U.S.-Iran memorandum, an aircraft carrier stuck at sea for nine months, and a president publicly at odds with his own commanders rev…

Iowa's proposed child social media ban would, by the mechanics of enforcement, require every adult in the state to verify their identity at the app store before downloading TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, or X

Iowa's proposed ban on social media for minors would, by the mechanics of enforcement, require every adult in the state to verify their identity…