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Pollination Automation: How Drones Might Prevent the Sting of Colony Collapse Disorder
Bee stings may hurt, but a world without bees would hurt more. The global bee population is declining at an alarming rate. Climate...
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May 11, 20174 min read


Killer Robots: Not Just Science Fiction
Military weaponry is evolving, and we are getting closer to creating weapons systems able to make killing decisions without human...
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May 3, 20174 min read


The Ethics of Modern Warfare
On October 13 at 4am, a US naval destroyer launched a series of Tomahawk cruise missiles towards three radar sites along the Iran-backed...
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Nov 25, 20165 min read


Sixty Words That Spawned the War on Terror
The podcast Radiolab recently devoted an hour to the 60 words they say became the “the legal foundation for the ‘war on terror.'” The...
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Apr 24, 20143 min read


Political Update Series: Unmanned Drone Strikes
BPR Media explores the recent history of the United States’ use of drones, its statistics and implications, through stop-motion...
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Mar 12, 20141 min read


Malala: The Taliban’s Shot Heard ‘Round the World
Malala Yousafzai is the “bravest girl in the world.” In early 2009, when Malala was only 11, she began writing a blog for the BBC about...
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Oct 24, 20134 min read


Does How You End Up Dead Matter?
It appears we have had two wartime technology questions in the last few months. Both have left me with the same question: Why does the...
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Sep 9, 20132 min read


Stand with Rand
It had its own hashtag, trending on twitter. It halted the confirmation of a widely supported, experienced counterterrorism advisor to...
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Mar 6, 20134 min read
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