It might surprise you to learn that nuclear bomb tests during the Cold War are now helping conserve whale sharks, the largest living fish.
Plants & Animals
Apr 7, 2020
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As the COVID-19 crisis unfolds, Americans have been hearing a lot about an obscure but vast federal trove of emergency supplies, the Strategic National Stockpile.
Political science
Apr 3, 2020
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Uncloaking the flying saucer movement in the United States could offer historians a snapshot of Cold War attitudes at work in society, as well as insights into how science communication may be tied to current denialism and ...
Social Sciences
Feb 16, 2016
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A new study published by the Centre for Science and Security Studies (CSSS) at King's College London offers insight into the phenomenon of miscommunication in deterrence. By looking at Indian and Pakistani deterrence through ...
Political science
Feb 23, 2022
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For centuries, London has sustained a street-level economy where performers and vendors make a living from the spare change of strangers—but they are being forced to adapt as cash falls out of fashion.
Business
Sep 5, 2018
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A Soviet-era space capsule that was used for a series of key test flights into space in the 1970s fetched a million euros at auction on Wednesday.
Space Exploration
May 7, 2014
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In the early 1960s, the United States had 350,000 military troops in West Germany. At a glance, this fact might not seem relevant to international monetary policy. But as Francis Gavin pointed out in a 2004 book on the subject, ...
Social Sciences
Aug 7, 2014
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The US and Russia have recently agreed to hold talks on the New START Treaty, the only accord left regulating the two largest nuclear arsenals in the world. While this is undoubtedly good news, we must not allow it to lull ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 17, 2022
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The battle over Ukraine extends across the world: Information warfare is quickly evolving as key nations seek to influence public opinion and gain political support.
Social Sciences
Sep 26, 2022
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For those who have everything, how about a Soviet-era space capsule dating back to the 1970s, when it carried three cosmonauts into space?
Space Exploration
Apr 23, 2014
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