A device built to track enemy submarines during the Second World War went on to become one of the most important tools in Earth science. The fluxgate magnetometer, first developed to detect small ...

Step inside the secret weapon of World War I - accurate maps and aerial reconnaissance that defined battle strategies and ...

Drought has caused Europe's longest river to dry up, revealing Nazi Black Sea fleet, which was purposely sunk by Germans in ...

President Donald Trump's administration has rejected claims that the war in Iran has severely depleted America's missile stockpiles.

Residents and researchers are finding historic and prehistoric relics of the past as Europe's second-longest river dries ...

This video maps World War I day by day with unit movements visualized through Google Earth. From the opening offensives in ...

From Conscript to Battlefield 1, these are the all-time greatest video games that explore the complex intricacies and violent ...

While films like Saving Private Ryan and The Thin Red Line, among others, explored the experiences of soldiers during some of ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with reporter Hannah Lucinda Smith about her new book Hinterlands: The New Cold War Brewing at the Peripheries of the West.

Historic wildfires in France and Spain have forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. Heat waves and scant rainfall have fueled these blazes, with record temperatures in June contributing to ...

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was a secret city of 75,000 people during World War II. This hidden community was established for the ...

All at once this weekend, the United States is commemorating its 250th anniversary, the National World War I Museum and Memorial is observing its centennial (albeit with more to come) and Kansas City ...