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

The 20th century witnessed a intense 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, played out on multiple fronts, with one of the most remarkable being the space race. Both nations were determined to prove their technological domina

On a blustery morning in 1919, disaster befell Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses gave way sending a torrent of the thick liquid crashing through the streets. The power was catastrophic, flattening buildings and trapping people in a gooey mass. Hundreds of people were killed, and many more suffered. The city faced a daun