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Active recovery is often described as low intensity exercise performed after hard training. Most athletes understand it as something that helps reduce soreness or keeps the body moving between sessions. That is true, but it only scratches the surface. When you look at the scientific literature, active recovery does far more than just help you “feel better.” What Is Active Recovery? Active recovery refers to low intensity physical activity performed after or between demanding workouts. Instead of complete rest, you keep moving at a controlled and easy pace. Examples include: Light cycling or rowing Easy jogging or walking Mobility flows…

Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Subscribe here.When U.S. Navy leaders declared that “the dream of a laser on every ship can become a real one” earlier this year, they apparently had one particular ship in mind.The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush shot down multiple drones with a high-energy laser weapon stationed on its flight deck during a first-of-its-kind live-fire test in October 2025, the Navy recently revealed. Photos published to the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service on April 20 show a 20 kilowatt…

ADELPHI, Md. – Researchers at the Army’s sole fundamental research laboratory and the Virginia Army National Guard are partnering to advance electronic warfare capabilities. The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, known as DEVCOM, Army Research Laboratory, DEVCOM Army Research Office, and the Virginia Army National Guard’s 116th Mobile Brigade Combat Team kicked off their collaboration at Fort Pickett, Virginia. Electronic warfare is the use of the electromagnetic spectrum to gain a military advantage by disrupting, denying or degrading an adversary’s communications and electronic systems while protecting friendly forces’ use of the spectrum. “By grounding research in Soldier experience, this…

On the night of Aug. 9, 1942, an Allied fleet of 17 warships guarded the approaches to Guadalcanal. The fleet was newer, larger, and better equipped than the Japanese force bearing down on it. It had six heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, and nine destroyers. It carried radar, a technology that should have detected the enemy long before any lookout could spot a ship through the darkness. By the numbers, the Allied squadron was on average 10 years newer and outweighed its opponent by more than 85 percent in total displacement. On paper, the result should have been straightforward.Thirty-three minutes…

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has been awarded a contract by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to deliver a submarine Torpedo Tube Launch and Recovery (TTLR) system. The system is designed to autonomously deploy and recover HII’s REMUS unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) from U.S. Navy submarines. HII press release The DIU contract builds on HII’s 120-year leadership in undersea warfare as one of two builders of U.S. nuclear-powered submarines, as well as the world’s largest producer of UUVs, and on a series of recent milestone achievements in manned–unmanned teaming. HII is advancing fully integrated, autonomous maritime capabilities that expand the reach…

circuit-building roguelite reaches version 1.0 with new endgame content and a full release on Steam. Horizont Computer Grafik announced that version 1.0 of Rogue Voltage will be released on May 1, 2026, ending the six-year development process that has included nearly two years in Steam Early Access. This was revealed in a new community post, thanking players for supporting them during the Early Access time period, and asking them to follow along with the last leg leading up to the launch. Version 1.0 represents the culmination of over 2 years of work after entering early access in Steam on May…

Microsoft is closing the AI buffet offered to GitHub Copilot customers, acknowledging that it can’t sell AI like Red Lobster’s Endless Shrimp. The US seafood restaurant’s all-you-can-eat shrimp promotion led the company to bankruptcy in 2024 and while Microsoft is nowhere near so financially overextended, the software giant’s code hosting biz has decided it no longer wants Copilot to operate at a loss. GitHub is therefore shifting Copilot from request-based billing to usage-based billing on June 1, 2026. GitHub absorbed much of the escalating inference cost, but the current premium request model is no longer sustainable Under request-based billing, GitHub…

The Air Force is asking Congress for $3.9 billion to buy 15 Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tankers in fiscal 2027, an $800 million increase over fiscal 2026, according to Air Force budget materials released April 21. Annual procurement is expected to rise to 18 aircraft per year from 2028 to 2031.The service also clarified plans for the size of its KC-46 fleet. Procurement figures in the fiscal 2027 budget document initially indicated a goal of 319 aircraft, but the Air Force corrected that number on April 24, confirming the program of record is 263 KC-46As, Defense Daily reported. The expansion runs…

LAS VEGAS — Former UFC heavyweight Denzel Freeman joins MMA Fighting’s José Youngs to explain his “Luke Fox” nickname, discuss his love for Batman, the Absolute Universe, comic books, and more.Freeman (7-2), a former LFA champion, was last seen being finished in Round 1 by Josh Hokit on the preliminary card of UFC 324 in January. This setback not only marked his first stoppage loss, but also his final UFC fight, as he was released from the promotion shortly after.

It’s been three weeks since the fallout — and Jiri Prochazka isn’t done talking.Earlier this month (Sat., April 11, 2026), Carlos Ulberg captured the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight title in emphatic fashion, knocking out Prochazka in the first round of UFC 327’s main event inside Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida (watch highlights).Since that night, Prochazka has taken heat from fighters and fans alike for the strange fight — randomly hesitating when Ulberg appeared compromised, only to get finished moments later, which cost him a potential win, especially with a possible doctor’s stoppage looming.Ulberg didn’t hold back either, dismissing…