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- The Solar Storm That Nearly Sparked A Nuclear Confrontation Tue, 24 May 22, 7:00amOn May 23rd, 1967, a solar storm took place that was so powerful, it jammed radar and radio communications in polar regions and the US Air Force actually began to prepare aircraft for war thinking the nation’s surveillance...
- Texas Railroad Commissioner Fights Back Against Soviet Assault on US Oil Industry Sun, 22 Mar 20, 4:00pmGuest “Cold War jingoism” by David Middleton Day 7 of America Held Hostage by CHICOM-19 OPEC secretary general invites Texas RRC’s Sitton to Vienna meeting By JOE CARROLL, GRANT SMITH AND RACHEL ADAMS-HEARD on 3/20/2020...
- The Nuclear Doomsday Clock is as close to midnight as it has ever been Fri, 26 Jan 18, 5:33amToday, the world is the closest it has ever been to doomsday since since the nuclear arms race of the '50s. Scientists and researchers moved the Doomsday clock - an indicator for how close humanity is to nuclear annihilation...
- Hemso restaurant: a portal made of natural materials alongside a UNESCO heritage site in Sweden Wed, 23 Dec 15, 5:00pmThe restaurant's pared back style is inspired by Cold War era design and modern stealth aircrafts. The main volume is hidden within the sparsely forested hillside and features tilted angled roofs. The large glass surfaces...
- Dutch studio RAAAF builds ominous futuristic mobile shelter in the name of peace Sat, 13 Dec 14, 3:48amSecret Operation 610 resembles a stealth aircraft but is completely flightless. Built within an old military airbase called Airbase Soesterberg, its monstrous design revives the dark atmosphere of the Cold War in a curious...
- Europe is Turning the Iron Curtain Into a Cycling Path to Boost Bike Tourism and Promote Peace Thu, 31 Jul 14, 2:15amWhile East-West tensions are the highest they have been since the Cold War, European Union officials are planning to turn a symbol of that dark period -- the Iron Curtain -- into a bicycle path that will boost tourism and...
- Iron Curtain Trail: Europe’s Plan to Boost Bike Tourism and Promote Peace Thu, 31 Jul 14, 2:15amWhile East-West tensions are the highest they have been since the Cold War, European Union officials are planning to turn a symbol of that dark period -- the Iron Curtain -- into a bicycle path that will boost tourism and...
- Kola Superdeep Borehole in Russia: World’s Deepest Hole Yields Surprising Data Tue, 13 May 14, 2:51amThe Kola Superdeep Borehole is the world's deepest human-made hole. Located high up on the Kola Peninsula in Russia, near Finland, work began on the site in May, 1970. A Cold-War-era relic, the hole began as part of a reverse...
- Climate science and nuclear weapons research: Another conflation of weather and climate Sat, 14 Jul 12, 2:53amFrom The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists via SAGE Publications comes this press release claiming that because nuclear fallout was tracked by meteorological instrumentation and synoptic scale models, it somehow relates...
- Climategate: We're winning! Mon, 11 Jan 10, 9:36pmBut only in a Crecy (1346) way rather than an Agincourt (1415) way – which is to say we’ve got an awful long way to go before this war’s over...