Elad Simchayoff

Since its founding, Israel’s national security doctrine has centred on decisive, short-term wars. This approach stems from practical necessities: for one, Israel’s reliance on military reserves – ex-IDF fighters who volunteer and pause their civilian lives to return for service during times of conflict. It was clear that there was only so much time they could be called upon.

Centralia, Pennsylvania’s Burning Legacy In May 1962, the residents of Centralia, Pennsylvania, gathered for what should have been a mundane municipal chore — clearing out the town landfill before Memorial Day festivities. The method was simple and familiar: set the trash on fire and let it burn itself out. But beneath this ordinary task lurked an extraordinary danger. The landfill had been built over an abandoned strip mine, with forgotten coal seams exposed through the earth's cracks.

Science turned into rivalry and then into Obsession In the late 19th century, two American scientists locked themselves in a race. A race of bones. Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh, two paleontologists who started as colleagues, ended as bitter enemies. Their battleground stretched from the rocky badlands of the American West to the prestigious pages of scientific journals. Their goal: to out-discover, out-name, and outshine one another in the hunt for dinosaur fossils.