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During the Cold War, Soviet physicist Lev Landau 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...- 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...
- In 1967, US satellites searching for nuclear tests detected mysterious flashes from space. Decades later, scientists uncovered secrets of gamma-ray bursts, which can release more energy in 10 seconds than Sun will emit over its entire 10-billion-year lifetimeGamma-ray bursts, first detected accidentally in 1967, have long puzzled astronomers. Recent observations of their afterglows are now chall...
- 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...
- In the 1950s, US scientists planned to use nuclear bombs to blast a harbor on the Alaskan coast: Project Chariot, a Cold War scheme to reshape the map with atomic blastsIn 1958, the US proposed Project Chariot to blast a harbor in Alaska. This plan was part of Operation Plowshare, seeking peaceful nuclear e...
- For decades, the Soviet Union planned to reverse the flow of Siberia's mighty rivers, turning them south to water Central Asia, one of the largest schemes ever seriously proposedA Soviet engineering dream aimed to reverse Siberian rivers for Central Asian agriculture. This ambitious plan involved studying over 120 i...
- On This Day in History, June 15: Magna Carta sealed, first blood transfusion experiment, Batman Begins released and other key eventsOn This Day in History, June 15 features landmark moments spanning law, science, war and culture. From the sealing of Magna Carta in 1215 a...
- March 14 in world history: From Pi Day celebrations to the birth of Albert EinsteinMarch 14th marks Albert Einstein's birthday and Pi Day, celebrating the mathematical constant. This date also commemorates Eli Whitney's co...
- Today in World history on March 1: Landmark events that shaped nations, science, and natureMarch 1st marks significant historical events, including the founding of Rio de Janeiro in 1565 and the establishment of Yellowstone Nation...
- Blue Origin’s first all-female spaceflight: Katy Perry, Jeff Bezos' fiancée Lauren Sánchez to go to spacePop star Katy Perry is set to "shoot across the sky" this spring when she lifts off as part of a six-member, all-female crew on Blue Origin...
- Microsoft Outage: Did living Nostradamus predict it? Who is he? Know about real Nostradamus and his predictionsBrazilian soothsayer Althos Salome, dubbed the living Nostradamus, earlier said that advanced nations, including the US, Russia and China h...
- Alexei Navalny was struck down with 'sudden death syndrome', his mother was told at Russian prisonAlexei Navalny's spokesperson confirmed that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died from "sudden death syndrome," and his body would...
- US and China race to shield secrets from quantum computersMilitaries would see their long-term plans and intelligence gathering exposed to enemies. Businesses could have their intellectual property...
- How Chandrayaan 2 will add more teeth to ISRO's capabilitiesChandrayaan 2 will be testing some technologies for the first time, including mineral and water prospecting.
- Google celebrates physicist Lev Davidovich Landau, who has a crater on the moon named after him, with doodleThe doodle marked the 111th birth anniversary of the Nobel laureate.
- Nuclear-armed Pakistan can 'target' Delhi in five minutes: Abdul Qadeer KhanThe 80-year-old nuclear physicist said General Zia, who was Pakistan's President from 1978 to 1988, opposed the nuclear testing.
- From Rabindranath Tagore to Kailash Satyarthi, when burglars aimed for the NobelIn 2016 a baul singer was arrested for stealing Tagore's Nobel medal and citations.
- An extract from David Lagercrantz's book, The Girl in the Spider's WebBlood from the towel did seep onto the pages and her head would not stop hurting, but she became more and more engrossed in the book, every...
- World's first nuclear power plant to turn 60 this weekThe first nuclear power plant in the world, which showcased the peaceful uses of atomic energy to the world, especially during the Cold War...
- Doomsday Clock ticks two minutes closer to midnightThe world is nudging closer to nuclear or environmental apocalypse, a group of prominent scientists warned as it pushed the hand of its sym...
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