Nov 3rd, 2007 · The current debate over waterboarding may be new, but the practice is not. It predates the Inquisition and has been used, off and on, around the world ever since. The interrogation technique has been modified slightly but, in essence, has changed very little in the past 500 years.
Sep 4th, 2007 · More pilots are flying combat missions over Iraq and Afghanistan from the safety of a building in the Nevada desert. They're piloting Predator drones, unmanned aircraft equipped with high-tech surveillance cameras and armed with Hellfire missiles.
Jun 13th, 2007 · Zumpano may forever be known mostly as the answer to, "What band was A.C. Newman in before The New Pornographers?" The Vancouver group made two records for Sub Pop before Newman began his more lucrative New Pornographers pursuits.
Jun 11th, 2007 · Ranchers have long used poisons to kill predators such as coyotes. But some also use guard dogs that are raised with sheep and instinctively protect them. A Wyoming woman supplies the guardian dogs to ranchers throughout the state.
Apr 20th, 2007 · The Predator drone aircraft has been one of the most successful, and controversial, tools in Iraq and elsewhere. But while the Predator was designed as a reconnaissance airplane - and later retrofitted with Hellfire missiles - its successor was designed to attack. The MQ-9 Reaper is twice as fast as the Predator, and can carry far more ordinance.
Apr 18th, 2007 · Every spring, billions of songbirds in Europe migrate north to their breeding grounds. They often fly at night, when few predators are around. But now it appears that giant bats are plucking the birds out of the sky.
Mar 20th, 2007 · A study finds that chickadee alarm calls are being understood by an entirely different breed of bird -- the red-breasted nuthatch. Chris Templeton of the University of Washington says it makes sense that the two species would share a warning system, since both are vulnerable to the same predators.
Sep 2nd, 2006 · In some backyards, a killer lurks: the cicada-killer wasp, which stings its prey and seals it into a hole where it has also laid an egg. The wasp's egg hatches, and presto: Baby wasp's food is taken care of for the duration of its maturation.