COSMIC RIVALRY: THE SPACE RACE AND THE COLD WAR ARMS RACE

The last century witnessed a profound shift in global power dynamics as two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, entered a period of fierce conflict. This rivalry, known as the Cold War, played out on multiple fronts, with one of the most intriguing facts about space being the space race. Both nations were determined to prove their

On a blustery January in 1919, disaster befell Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses ruptured sending a torrent of the thick liquid flowing through the streets. The impact was catastrophic, flattening buildings and burying residents in a treacly mass. Hundreds of people were fatally injured, and many more suffered. Authorit