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

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

On a blustery January in 1919, disaster befell Boston. A massive tank filled with sticky, sweet molasses ruptured sending a wall of of the thick liquid rushing Molasses Flood 1919 through the streets. The force was catastrophic, flattening buildings and trapping citizens in a treacly mire. Scores of people were killed, and many more sustained inj