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How the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Works Technology

How the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Works

The NPT is the world's most widely joined arms-control agreement, binding 191 states to three pillars: non-proliferation, disarmament, and peaceful nu...

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How Naval Mine Clearing Works—and Why It's So Hard Technology

How Naval Mine Clearing Works—and Why It's So Hard

Naval mines are among the cheapest weapons to deploy yet the most expensive and dangerous to remove. Here is how navies detect, sweep, and neutralize...

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How Zero-Day Exploits Work—and Why They Cost Millions Technology

How Zero-Day Exploits Work—and Why They Cost Millions

Zero-day exploits target software flaws unknown to vendors, leaving no time to patch. This explainer covers how they are discovered, weaponized, trade...

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How the FDA Approves AI Medical Devices Technology

How the FDA Approves AI Medical Devices

The FDA has authorized over 1,400 AI-enabled medical devices, from radiology scanners to smartwatch heart monitors. Here is how the approval process w...

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How Cluster Munitions Work—and Why 112 Nations Ban Them Science

How Cluster Munitions Work—and Why 112 Nations Ban Them

Cluster munitions scatter hundreds of explosive submunitions across wide areas. Their high failure rates turn battlefields into minefields for decades...

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How Ceasefires Work—and Why Most of Them Fail Economy

How Ceasefires Work—and Why Most of Them Fail

Ceasefires are meant to halt fighting and open the door to peace, but roughly 80 percent collapse. Here's how they are negotiated, monitored, and why...

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How Space Radiation Works—and Why It Threatens Astronauts Science

How Space Radiation Works—and Why It Threatens Astronauts

Beyond Earth's magnetic shield, astronauts face three invisible hazards: trapped particles in the Van Allen belts, unpredictable solar storms, and a r...

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What Are War Crimes and How Are They Prosecuted? Culture

What Are War Crimes and How Are They Prosecuted?

War crimes are serious violations of international humanitarian law committed during armed conflict. From the Geneva Conventions to the International...

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What Is the Strait of Hormuz and Why It Controls Oil Economy

What Is the Strait of Hormuz and Why It Controls Oil

The Strait of Hormuz is the world's most important oil chokepoint, funneling roughly 20 million barrels per day between the Persian Gulf and global ma...

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Hungarian Army to Protect TurkStream Pipeline Up to Slovakia Economy

Hungarian Army to Protect TurkStream Pipeline Up to Slovakia

Following the discovery of explosives in Serbia, Hungary will deploy its army to protect the TurkStream pipeline from the Serbian border to the Slovak...

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Eurofighters Depart Malbork: NATO Mission Ends Technology

Eurofighters Depart Malbork: NATO Mission Ends

Germany has concluded its NATO Enhanced Air Policing mission in Poland, withdrawing Eurofighter jets and approximately 150 personnel from the Malbork...

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How Combat Search and Rescue Works Behind Enemy Lines Technology

How Combat Search and Rescue Works Behind Enemy Lines

When a military pilot is shot down over hostile territory, a complex rescue machine springs into action. Here is how combat search and rescue missions...

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