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 competition. 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 technologic

On a blustery afternoon in 1919, disaster struck Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses ruptured sending a torrent of the thick liquid flowing through the streets. The force was catastrophic, crushing buildings and burying citizens in a sticky soup. Hundreds of people were fatally injured, and many more were wounded. Boston