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

The last century witnessed a dramatic 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 intriguing being the space race. Both nations were determined to prove their technological super

On a blustery afternoon in the year, disaster befell Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses gave way sending a tidal wave of the thick liquid rushing through the streets. The force was catastrophic, crushing buildings and entombing residents in a treacly mire. Scores of people were lost their lives, and many more sustained i