Hiroshima

I, Winston Smith… I mean, Tom Engelhardt… have not just been reading a dystopian novel, but, it seems, living one — and I suspect Ive been living one all my life. Yes, I recently reread George Orwells classic 1949 novel, 1984. In it, Winston Smith, a secret …

(Tomdispatch.com) – I, Winston Smith… I mean, Tom Engelhardt… have not just been reading a dystopian novel, but, it seems, living one — and I suspect Ive been living one all my life. Yes, I recently reread George Orwells classic 1949 novel, 1984. In it, Wins…

It turned out that plenty of wars were liable to be fought without resorting to weapons of mass destruction. In the wake of the mushroom clouds that blossomed over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it swiftly dawned on political and military lea…

Last week, on the 74th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, many took time to reflect upon the destruction caused by the only uses of nuclear weapons in wartime. But not the New York Times Bret Stephens, who took the opportunity to argue in fav…

Yet another asteroid is approaching dangerously towards Earth. Yes, you read it right. Asteroid dubbed as 2018 PN22 is all set to approach towards Earth on August 17 at 7:16 pm (ST). Don’t worry, asteroid 2018 PN22 will not hit the Earth and we all are safe. …

Asteroids flying past Earth, even big ones, are now more common than before especially since Nasas jet propulsion laboratory (JPL) can track these celestial objects. Scientists believe that its only a matter of time before one of them eventually gets pulled …

It begins with a suicide. Cause of death: spectral possession/hair stick through the ear canal. The deceased, one Mrs. Furuya, had suffered through a marriage so abusive that were told her husband would beat her, get blackout drunk, then beat her again for t…

Set on the eve of Pearl Harbor and, more pertinently, the mass internment of Japanese-Americans in the aftermath theres an eerie timeliness to the new season of horror anthology The Terror. Beginning with a womans inexplicable suicide (and a number of supern…

On Monday, planet Earth had a close encounter with a potentially hazardous asteroid. Yes, you read it right. We were lucky that the 820-feet asteroid did not hit our planet. Named as asteroid 454094 (2013 BZ45), the space rock was taller than the Golden Gate …

Having three submarines in operation generally means at least one is at sea at any particular time, a necessity for a sea-based nuclear deterrent. The Dolphin class reportedly carries up to sixteen torpedoes and missiles; if the submarines primary task is nuc…