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During the Cold War, this Soviet physicist created an exam so difficult that only 43 candidates passed it in nearly 30 yearsSoviet physicist Lev Landau created a rigorous "Theoretical Minimum" exam for aspiring scientists. This challenging test required deep unde...- A Latvian astronomer and his wife drove 190 miles to a secret Soviet ghost town in 1994; found a 600-ton telescope the Russians had poured acid on - adapted the Cold War machine built to spy on the West and listen to the starsAfter the retreat of Russian forces from Latvia, a concealed Soviet-era radio telescope came to light. Astronomer Juris Zhagars dedicated h...
- This 19th-century Russian town 420 kilometers north of Moscow was submerged underwater by a massive Soviet reservoirAmid the reservoir development in the 1940s, the remote Russian city of Vesyegonsk grappled with significant flooding, with two-thirds of i...
- Quote of the Day by Anna Akhmatova: ‘Dostoyevsky knew a lot but not everything. He, for instance, thought that if you kill a human you'll turn into…’Quote of the Day by Anna Akhmatova questioned Fyodor Dostoevsky's view on guilt after violence. She observed people committing acts and the...
- Gulag prisoners built this town during WW2, it grew into a USSR mining centre of over 10,000 people; before the end of the Soviet era brought its decline in 1996Once a vibrant Soviet town dedicated to coal mining during World War II, Kadykchan was home to a lively community complete with schools and...
- A US satellite detected a mysterious flash in 1979; the CIA said it was probably a nuclear test, but nearly 50 years later, the mystery remains unsolvedA US satellite observed dual flashes in the South Atlantic back in 1979, leading intelligence officials to speculate a nuclear test with no...
- Quote of the Day by Marina Tsvetaeva: ‘And soon all of us will sleep under the earth…’ – the Russian poet on conflict, mortality and the human need for peaceQuote of the Day: Marina Tsvetaeva's quote reflects on human conflict and the shared end of mortality. She questions why people make life d...
- India Gate doesn't honour freedom fighters. Know the complex truthIndia Gate, originally a British imperial memorial, now holds multiple layers of history. It commemorates soldiers who served the British E...
- In 1978, Russian physicist Anatoli Bugorski survived a proton beam passing through his head. The shocking result: one side of his face appeared frozen in time while the other continued to ageAnatoli Bugorski survived one of the strangest particle accelerator accidents ever recorded. In 1978, a high-energy proton beam from the So...
- Moon for sale: Dennis Hope claims he sold 611 million acres, with Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Ronald Reagan among buyersDennis Hope's decades-long venture in selling lunar real estate rests on his interpretation of an international treaty. Nonetheless, legal ...
- FBI Chief Kash Patel plans Russia trip in October; Kremlin-friendly newspaper hints at a give and takeFBI Director Kash Patel plans an unusual trip to Russia in mid-October. This visit occurs amid ongoing geopolitical tensions and heightened...
- Code Name Silver: The Indian spy who played 5 sides in World War IIKnown by the British codename “Silver”, Talwar operated across German, Italian, Soviet, British and Japanese intelligence networks while ma...
- Hiroshima 1945: Why the atomic explosion that transformed war, peace and global power still matters 80 years laterEight decades after the Hiroshima atomic bombing, the event remains a defining moment. The bombings accelerated World War II's end and init...
- Meet Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja: Indian Maharaja who saved 1,000 Polish children from the Nazis during World War IIMeet Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja, the Maharaja of Nawanagar who in 1942 opened his princely state to nearly 1,000 Polish children fl...
- In 1957, an American woman scientist invented a liquid fuel Hydyne which helped United States create history and make space travel a reality: How Mary Sherman Morgan became Rocket Girl or America's first female rocket scientist?In 1957, an American woman scientist invented a liquid fuel Hydyne which helped United States create history and make space travel a realit...
- In 1925, Soviet scientist Sergei Brukhonenko developed world's first heart-lung machine 'Autojector' - The remarkable milestone that changed the future of heart surgerySergei Brukhonenko's 1925 Autojector machine pioneered external blood circulation and oxygenation. This invention allowed surgeons to tempo...
- Europe’s Baltic states turn startup hotbeds for their next growth chapterLithuania, Estonia, and Latvia are now recognized innovation hubs. These Baltic nations boast a significant number of successful startups a...
- In 1991, the Soviets abandoned anthrax island, a bioweapon facility which still has over 90% chance of killing people decades after its creationVozrozhdeniye Island served as a Soviet biological weapons testing site for decades. Weaponized anthrax spores left behind remain a dangero...
- In 1958, the US planned to detonate a nuclear bomb on the Moon. Why project A119 never happenedThe US considered detonating a nuclear bomb on the Moon after Sputnik's launch. Project A119 aimed to demonstrate American power and presti...
- Viral video shows Ukrainian gunner shooting down Russian Shahed drone from open-cockpit Yak-52Ukraine is using Soviet-era Yak-52 trainer aircraft to intercept Russian Shahed drones. A gunner fires small arms from the open rear cockpi...
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