Also known as M42 , this immense region of glowing gas and dust lies about 1,500 light-years from Earth, in the same spiral arm of the Milky Way as our Sun.…

USAF fighter planning targets 1,509 combat-coded jets by 2035, balancing new aircraft, aging fleets, production limits, crews and readiness across the force.

The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis had erupted in August, as the People’s Republic of China bombarded the offshore islands of Quemoy and Matsu. Across the water…

That was a bold thing to say about a new military transport . Most airplanes get introduced with promises of speed, elegance, or glamorous destinations. The…

Tehran , November 1943: Joseph Stalin , Franklin D. Roosevelt , and Winston Churchill gathered to discuss the war’s future. It makes for a tempting image—three…

Most fast-food restaurants are designed to disappear into the background. This KFC in Manila seems to have received the memo—and promptly filed it under…

The experimental drug, TRG035 , targets a protein called USAG-1 . In animal studies , blocking USAG-1 has encouraged tooth development . The idea is that the…

Look toward Orion ’s famous three-star belt, then a little below it: even without a telescope, you can spot a faint, fuzzy patch. That glow is the Great…

Today’s Wikipedia featured article takes us to early 20th-century China —and to a magazine that was not especially interested in keeping its readers’…

Sometimes, after an argument, you need a little space. A walk around the block. A lap of the neighborhood. Perhaps a brisk stroll until everyone has had…