Army Times on MSN

With his bare hands, this sailor sealed off his ship to save its crew

Coral Sea ended in a tactical victory for the Japanese, seeing the sinking of Lexington, but a strategic win for the ...
National Security Journal on MSN

USS Illinois: The Forgotten Iowa-Class Battleship the Navy Never Finished

The USS Illinois (BB-65) was conceived as a tougher follow-on to the Iowa class and first of the planned Montana-type heavy ...
Smithsonian Magazine

To Survive Mass Extinctions, Reef-Building Corals Retreat to the Deep Blue Sea

Museum researchers reconstructed the evolutionary history of stony corals over the past 460 million years, providing insights ...
National Geographic news

These creatures are otherworldly. They destroy coral. And they're hard to kill.

First, a diver stabs a needle at the end of a long pole into the center of the alien-like creature. Then, a vinegar solution is injected in several spots before the animal is gently pulled away from ...