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79 years ago, 23 US nuclear tests devastated Bikini Atoll; 70 years later, Stanford University reserachers found giant corals, sharks and tuna thriving in its craterIn 1946, the US began nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll, conducting 23 explosions that displaced all the inhabitants and destabilised the cor...- ARSBC bought HMCS Chaudière from Canada’s Defence Department for $1 plus 7 cents GST; after its reef conversion, glass tunicates came to cover much of the vesselThe Canadian warship HMCS Chaudière was acquired for a symbolic price and subsequently sunk, transforming it into a vibrant artificial reef...
- Bill Gates ex-wife Melinda French Gates donated $10M to Olivia Rodrigo's Daisy Chain Fields Festival. Who gets the money?Olivia Rodrigo’s inaugural Daisy Chain Fields Festival raised $10 million for organisations supporting women and girls, with Melinda French...
- In the 1950s, U.S. nuclear tests were conducted at Bikini and Enewetak; decades later, Guam corals preserved carbon-14 spikes linked to tests in 1954, 1956, and 1958Guam’s coral reefs act as natural historians, chronicling chemical footprints of Cold War-era nuclear tests. Distinct radiocarbon spikes fr...
- Since 1958, tidal groundwater has continued moving beneath Runit Dome in the Marshall Islands, where 85,000 cubic meters of radioactive material rest; now rising Pacific seas are raising questions about the future of the 115-meter-wide structureTidal groundwater moves freely beneath Runit Dome in the Marshall Islands. Built over a nuclear crater, the 115-meter concrete structure ho...
- On This Day in History, July 1: Terminator 2 premiers, Dominion of Canada is formed, Bretton Woods Conference opens, Hong Kong returns to China, Sony Walkman debuts, Princess Diana is born and other key eventsOn This Day in History, July 1 marks a date shaped by major military campaigns, nation-building, scientific breakthroughs and cultural mile...
- Today in US history on March 1: Michigan ends capital punishment; Yellowstone becomes the world’s first national parkMarch 1st witnessed pivotal moments in American history. The US entered the nuclear age with the Castle Bravo test. Michigan abolished the ...
- How were mysterious boreholes on California seabed formed? Methane leak occurred 2,80,000 years ago or sinister mysteries?What could be the source of thousands of boreholes or pockmarks found on the seabed off Slur in California? Did methane bubbles create thes...
- Why and when International Bikini Day is observed?July 5 is observed as International Bikini Day in many parts of the world to commemorate its invention on this date in 1946.
- Try dark tourism: Chernobyl, Pompeii and other disaster zones that are drawing visitorsAdd these top five destinations to your bucket list.
- INS Viraat can also become a huge wreck-diving destinationWhile deliberately sinking the pride and joy of the fleet may seem callous, a new avatar as a wreck-diving attraction is not a bad idea.
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