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Flying from space to NYC with Google Earth Studio

Zoom into NYC from space in this amazing Google Earth Studio visualization, featuring "West 66th" by pop rock artist Logan ...

If you've got a spare 200 hours, the massively ambitious sci-fi grand strategy from the creators of X-COM: The Long War just launched out of early access

Terra Invicta aims to be the last word in preparing Earth for alien invasion.
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The rise and fall of the Afghanistan campaign visualized in 3D

This Google Earth animation compresses twenty years of war, showing the shifting control, major offensives, and final exit.

Former Google CEO plans to singlehandedly fund a Hubble telescope replacement

On Wednesday evening, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, announced a major investment in not just one ...
The New York Times

How U.S. Defense Industry Dodged a Rare-Earth Shortage After China’s Curbs

America’s ability to make precision-guided missiles was threatened during Trump’s tariff war. But experienced players have rescued the supply chain, for now. By Farah Stockman Farah Stockman covers ...
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This Lord of the Rings Total War mod, ten years in the making, turns the Roman Empire into Middle-earth

I still get chills when I think about King Theoden's rousing speech at the Battle of Pelennor Fields. A mash-up of his various motivational calls to arms across the books (with some of Eomer's lines ...
The Atlantic

Trump Knows What He Wants, Just Not How to Get There

Since launching a military campaign in the Caribbean earlier this year, President Donald Trump has made clear what phase one of his plan looks like: killing alleged drug smugglers and pushing ...