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

The twentieth century witnessed a profound shift in global power dynamics as two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, entered a period of fierce conflict. 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

On a blustery morning in 1919, disaster befell Boston. A massive reservoir filled with sticky, sweet molasses gave way sending a wall of of the thick liquid flowing through the streets. The impact was catastrophic, flattening buildings and entombing citizens in a treacly mass. Hundreds of people were killed, and many more suffered. Boston faced a