A generation of Americans knew just what to do in the event of a nuclear attack—or during a major false alarm, like the one over the weekend in Hawaii. Take cover in a building bearing a yellow fallout shelter symbol.
Other
Jan 17, 2018
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Alexa, where's Santa?
Internet
Dec 24, 2017
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America's first black astronaut, Air Force Maj. Robert Lawrence Jr., finally got full honors Friday on the 50th anniversary of his death.
Space Exploration
Dec 8, 2017
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Thirty years after the Chernobyl disaster spewed radioactive clouds into the sky and sent shockwaves across Europe, Belarus is building a nuclear reactor on the doorstep of the EU despite fears in neighbouring Lithuania.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 26, 2017
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"I asked her to forgive us and I even cried as I stroked her for the last time," says 90-year-old Russian biologist Adilya Kotovskaya, recalling the day she bid farewell to her charge Laika.
Space Exploration
Nov 2, 2017
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During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union routinely spied on each other using high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft and space satellites.
Environment
Apr 10, 2017
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She said only "thank you," but it was one of the more moving moments of Sunday's Oscars ceremony.
Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2017
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Scientific cooperation to address concerns about the environment helped to foster détente between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1970s, NYU's Rachel Rothschild concludes in a newly published paper. Her research, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 17, 2016
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Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, has become a veritable graveyard for landers and rovers despatched to its surface from neighbouring Earth.
Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2016
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Long before the space age, Earthlings were already in hot pursuit of life on Mars, using primitive telescopes and even psychic mediums to seek evidence of sentient beings.
Space Exploration
Oct 18, 2016
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