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

The twentieth century witnessed a dramatic 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, manifested on multiple fronts, with one of the most intriguing being the space race. Both nations were determined to prove their technological

On a blustery afternoon in that fateful year, disaster struck Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses burst sending a tidal wave of the thick liquid rushing through the streets. The force was catastrophic, smashing buildings and entombing residents in a treacly mass. Dozens of people were lost their lives, and many more susta