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

The 20th century witnessed a dramatic shift in global power dynamics as two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, entered a period of fierce competition. This rivalry, known as the Cold War, played out on multiple fronts, with one of the most intriguing being the space race. Both nations were determined to prove their technological p

On a blustery afternoon in that fateful year, disaster befell Boston. A massive tank filled with sticky, sweet molasses gave way sending a wall of of the thick liquid rushing through the streets. The impact was catastrophic, flattening buildings and burying people in a sticky mass. Dozens of people were fatally injured, and many more suffered. Au