In 1995, a few years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a top-secret, first-of-its-kind US spy satellite program was declassified, leading to the unexpected story of how former enemies would become scientific allies, and technology...

Cybercrime netted a whopping $450 billion in profits last year, with 2 billion records lost or stolen worldwide. Security expert Caleb Barlow calls out the insufficiency of our current strategies to protect our data. His solution? We...

Clay Risen, a reporter at The New York Times, explores the era from 1946 to 1957 in his book Red Scare, detailing how anti-communist hysteria shaped American society. During this time, fear of communism infiltrated every level of...

Historians are always finding new information from the past, in primary sources like letters, diaries, and government documents, which can change our understanding of historic events.

During the American Civil War, women defied gender norms by managing homesteads, serving as nurses, and even spying, significantly impacting the war's course.

Women in the Revolutionary War did more than manage the homefront – they spied, wrote influential works, and fought for future rights.

Discover the remarkable story of Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery in 1849 and went to become a conductor on the Underground Railroad and a leading exponent of abolition and women’s rights.

Depending on who's doing the talking, those who have given away intelligence about the military and security infrastructure of the United States have been called spies, heroes, and traitors.

But knowing the historical contexts...

How an unlikely algebraic equation outdid allied spying efforts at providing insight into Nazi tank production – and helped to win the war. Maths - Algebra A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum....

Elizebeth Friedman revolutionized American cryptology and played a crucial role in bringing down mobsters and spy rings in the 20th century.

Stuxnet, a powerful cyber weapon used to disrupt Iran's nuclear advancements at the Natanz facility in 2010, marked a pivotal moment in the history of cyber warfare.

Juan Pujol García, a pacifist who became a crucial double agent during WWII, deceived Nazi Germany and aided the D-Day invasion.

Oleg Penkovsky, a Soviet spy who switched allegiances to the West during the Cold War, helped to avert nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

This video provides a detailed account of the U2 spy plane incident that occurred on May 1st, 1960, when an American U2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. The pilot, Francis Gary Powers, was captured and later exchanged for a...

With the Patriots at risk of defeat by the British during the American Revolution, Continental Army Commander George Washington relied on the Culper Spy Ring for timely and accurate information about the enemy's intentions.

A weapon of covert action wielded by governments around the world, gray propaganda straddles the fine line between fact and fiction, letting its secret sources instigate chaos without liability.

You may not know their names, but the theremin and the wilhelm scream are ubiquitous in horror films. Today, Danielle and special guest Dr. Emily Zarka tell the spooky tales of how these iconic sounds ended up in your favorite movies!

Native American Code Talkers used their own indigenous dialects to bamboozle enemy code breakers and help Allied forces to win two World Wars.

The Zimmerman Telegram, a secret message from Germany to Mexico during the First World War, ended the United States’ neutrality and sealed the fate of the Central Powers.

This week on Nature League, Brit reports on some mysterious breaking news about beluga whales as potential Russian spies, and the history of military marine mammals in general. Get your Nature League pin here!

In which Hank talks briefly about the fundamental shift in espionage, warfare, crime, and activism that may re-define our age.

Hackers have been mounting increasingly sophisticated attacks. Billions of dollars have been stolen, and...

The employment of cyberattacks against an adversary state to disrupt critical computer systems and/or inflict damage on the same scale as physical conflict is known as cyberwarfare. Espionage, sabotage, propaganda, manipulation, and...

She’s known as a savior of the enslaved – but few know that during the American Civil War, Harriet Tubman was an exceptionally capable Union Army spy.

Today you’ll learn amazingly high-scoring IELTS vocabulary to discuss technology.. Students are always asking for academic vocabulary for IELTS Speaking Part 3 and Writing Task 2. The best place to find this high-scoring, native-speaker,...