by Spencer Ackerman | Sep 25, 2012 | Monitor
At the intersection of fat-shaming and war-mongering comes a bizarre public health campaign: an effort by retired generals and admirals to ban sugary sodas and snacks from public schools. The kids today, say the former brass, are too fat to fight for their country....
by Benjamin Plackett | Sep 21, 2012 | Monitor
The world of tomorrow is going to be a dark and sinister place, according to a group of Air Force futurists. One reason why it’ll be so scary: Facebook. In an foreboding web video entitled “Welcome to 2035…the Age of Surprise,” produced by the U.S....
by Spencer Ackerman | Sep 20, 2012 | Monitor
Kanye West may have taken some “poetic license” with a reference on his latest record to former CIA director George Tenet, but Tenet’s camp confirms to Danger Room that the rap star did in fact meet with the one-time U.S. spy chief. On...
by Noah Shachtman | Sep 5, 2012 | Monitor
Updated 9/6/12 8:41 am Robots are already stronger than humans, able to lift thousands of pounds at a time. In many ways, they’re smarter than people, too; machines can perform millions of calculations per second, and even beat us at chess. But we could at least...
by Robert Beckhusen | Sep 4, 2012 | Monitor
Perfume bottles for sale. Now weaponize it. This week Iran revealed a perfume device that its inventor claims hides the smell of gunpowder. Photo: Matthew Mendoza/Flickr Call it the Dior of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. In one of the more bizarre military...
