Pierre Bienaimé
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Why France's World War II defense failed so miserably
The line was a failure "in the eyes of the average French person. Yet the most modern fortification…
Military dolphins help defend the world's largest stockpile of nuclear weapons
Alternatively, according to Clayton Swansen, a dolphin handler who worked in the Navy program betwe…
The US Navy's combat dolphins are serious military assets
The dolphins' transportation and treatment is cause for concern for animal rights groups. In the la…
Critics are wrong - here's why 'Chappie' is incredibly underrated
Finally, "Chappie" keeps driving to greater and greater stakes. The gangsters might be in it for Ch…
After the Iraq invasion, the Pentagon thought it was worth killing up to 29 civilians to take out Saddam Hussein
In the upcoming book "Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins," author Andrew Cockburn repo…
These incredible tiny sculptures are mind-blowing
Hurwitz claims the sculptures are the smallest depiction of the human form, and that they've been s…
Burglar steals 'cruffin' recipe from San Francisco bakery, leaves cash and iPad behind
But Ry Stephen, the 28-year-old chef behind the cruffin, told The New York Times that the recipe do…
NASA has a plan to take the most detailed scans the world's forests ever
A 2004 study on the "source versus sink" question laments that "there are no tropical forest sites …
This is the first space selfie - and it's awesome
While he was at it, Aldrin also set a record for time spent outside his spacecraft (called an EVA, …
21 glorious, vintage photographs of NASA's glory days
Space exploration's golden age was arguably at its very start, when ambition was boundless and prog…
DARPA is working on tiny satellites that could provide on-demand terrain imaging for US soldiers
Raytheon aims to launch a SeeMe satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in September. Up to ten o…
'Edge of space' tourism company World View just flew a balloon two times higher than we ever have before
On February 20, the company operated a parafoil - a massive, rectangular parachute - more than 19 m…
Spanish artist makes profound point by Photoshopping celebrities to look fat
Beyond serving as fodder for tabloids asking "Does Rita Ora look better bigger?" Lopera's images ha…
Almost a third of Americans think the jury is still out on evolution
In reality, scientific opinion on evolution is nearly unanimous: 98% of scientists connected to the…
This fungus shoots off spores that accelerate faster than a speeding bullet
First up was a replica of a Remington Rolling Block, a pretty vintage rifle. To measure the bullet'…
Stop wasting gas by 'warming up' the car when it's cold out
These two ingredients mix above a car's pistons (those hard-working, moving parts you might more co…
The so-called "bilingual advantage" might not be a real thing
But when she put participants through four "inhibitory control" tasks - the type in which you're ma…
A Domino The Size Of A Tic Tac Could Topple A Building
Another important factor of domino physics is that they lean on one another as they fall. Since one…
This Insane Video Of What Happens When You Strap A Camera To A Human-Sized Squid
One topic of curiosity is their communication system. The Humboldt squid is capable of quickly chan…
Scientists Have Caught A Laser Beam In Flight On Video For The First Time
As for the camera, two features lend it the ability to catch light in action: The 1024 pixels withi…
Artists Made This Giant Gif That Can Be Seen With Satellites
So here is the actual GIF captured by satellite 431miles away in space! ?????????????????????????? …
This World Map Shows Every Country By Its Military's Camouflage Patterns
Julian Farrance, of the National Army Museum in London, told the BBC the change was driven by the d…
French Comedians Are Roasting Fox News' 'No-Go Zones' Coverage
Another show, "Le Petit Journal," went a little further with a sketch of two paranoid Fox reporters…
This Tilt-Wing Aircraft Could Be The Future Of The US Army's Helicopter Fleet
But in 2010, the Army's program executive officer for aviation envisioned a new "joint multirole he…
Russia Is Trolling The US With A Spy Ship Ahead Of American Visit To Cuba
Roberta Jacobson, the US's top diplomat for Latin America, will lead the visit to Cuba set for Jan.…