Cold War

Many of us remember the fascination of watching the Apollo 11 mission on black and white TV screens, witnessing the landing of a U.S. spacecraft on the moon and hearing astronaut Neil Armstrong declare ‘one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind’ as h…

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Digital Equipment Corp.’s PDP-11 is one of the most important computers in history. It’s the home of Unix, although that’s arguable, and it’s still being used in every application, from handling nuclear control rods to selling Ed Sheeran tickets on Ticketmast…

Using a robotic sub, a team of investigators has detected traces of radiation leaking from Komsomoletsa Soviet nuclear submarine that sank 30 years ago in the Norwegian Sea. The recorded radiation levels are unusually high, but scientists say its not threaten…

The Brilliant Rage of Alexander HerzenMichael McDonaldRussia’s tumultuous and mostly regrettable post-Cold War history is paralleled in some ways by an earlier time, one that provided the setting for the incomparable émigré journalist Alexander Herzen. Micha…

Federal elected officials and members of the United States intelligence community have expressed concern about the security of the nation's scientific and technological information, articulating worries about China, Russia, and Iran. The fears include potenti…

The commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy says that Russia will build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier for the first time, but the country will not have this modern flattop anytime soon. "There will be, of course, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier but …

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NASA astronaut Deke Slayton and Soviet cosmonaut Alexey Leonov in the Soyuz spacecraft.Credit: NASA The Apollo programme that took humans to the Moon is properly viewed as an outgrowth of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union. Today, as…

NASA astronaut Deke Slayton and Soviet cosmonaut Alexey Leonov in the Soyuz spacecraft.Credit: NASA The Apollo programme that took humans to the Moon is properly viewed as an outgrowth of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union. Today, as…