US ‘packing up’ Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan

29 June 2021 | Kathy Gannon, | The Associated Press via Military Times BAGRAM, Afghanistan — For nearly 20 years, Bagram Airfield was the heart of American military power in Afghanistan, a sprawling mini-city behind fences and blast walls just an hour’s […]

Obituary: Mike Gravel, Unconventional, Outspoken Alaskan Senator (91)

Photo: Gravel at the announcement of his run for president, April 2006. (Gravel 2008 campaign) 27 June 2021 | Adam Clymer | New York Times Mike Gravel, a two-term Democratic senator from Alaska who played a central role in 1970s legislation […]

Scientists discover new ‘chemical creation’ at the site of 1945 US nuclear bomb detonation

Photo: The heat and pressure generated by a nuclear explosion can produce unusual chemical curiosities. United States Department of Energy/wikimedia 02 June 2021 | Robert A Jackson | The Conversation Nuclear detonations unleash an astonishing amount of destructive force. But the […]