It had to be amputated, unbeknown to al-Zaieem, 22, who was unconscious at the time. “No one dared to tell him [when he woke up from the surgery]. I couldn’t,” said his cousin of the same name, who ...

What do tank armor, C-4, and nuclear weapons all have in common? They rely on a bizarre class of materials known as insensitive explosives—compounds that can survive bullets, fire, and crashes without ...