The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient analog computer designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was recovered in 1900–1901 from the Antikythera wreck, but its significance and complexity were not understood until a century later. Jacques-Yves Cousteau visited the wreck in 1978, but although he found new dating evidence he did not find...
I can tell you many things about him, I can tell you that he never waters down his passions, I can tell you that he endures the incongruousness of the world with an irony seldom seen, but most importantly perhaps I can tell you that he never rationalizes his bursts of realism as a romantic will, he follows these eruptions of immediacy like an...
Under what circumstances is it morally permissible to intervene abroad in order to protect national security or to prevent violations of human rights? I find that the following considerations and just war criteria provide a convincing argument for when it is morally permissible for a Nation to intervene abroad, as initially presented by Michael...
New capability for the Indian Navy. I have not seen details on whether the missile capability is that of a SSGN, but the reports so far tend to indicate that the submarine is not a ballistic missile submarine. Given India's relationship with Pakistan, I would guess that they are working on the ability to launch nuclear payload cruise missiles.