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

The twentieth century witnessed a intense 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, unfolded on multiple fronts, with one of the most fascinating being the space race. Both nations were determined to prove their technological p

On a blustery January in that fateful year, disaster unfolded Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses burst sending a tidal wave of the thick liquid flowing through the streets. The impact was catastrophic, flattening buildings and trapping citizens in a treacly mass. Hundreds of people were killed, and many more sustained in