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The .su Boom
Tucked away in one of the Web's dark corners, the Soviet Union continues to thrive as an internationally recognized entity. The Soviet Union has been history for going on 17 years now, but there is...
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Old Soviet Warheads Fuel America's Nuclear Power Industry
Science Could the Cold War be heating and lighting your home? If you are one of many Americans whose life is powered by a nuclear power plant, there's a good chance it is; while not… Could the Cold...
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Russia Plans Cupertino 2, a Scientific City Modeled on Silicon Valley
Technology Russia's oil reserves have given the nation considerable political muscle, but Russian leaders also want to resurrect some scientific grandeur. Now they hope to build its… Russia's oil...
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Archive Gallery: PopSci Spies on the Soviet Union
Technology Missile trains, atomic planes, orbiting H-bombs and more hypothetical Cold War technologies cooked up by the United States and the Soviet Union. When it comes to technological advances, few...
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This Scientist Helped Quietly Save The World From Soviet Nukes
Technology Siegfried Hecker spent more than a decade securing a nuclear test site the size of New Jersey. When the Soviet Union broke apart at the end of the Cold War, several of its military and...
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Remember when a Soviet spacecraft landed in Wisconsin?
From Our Blogs: Vintage Space In 1962, Korabl-Sputnik 1 landed smack in the middle of a main street in Wisconsin Korabl-Sputnik 1, called Sputnik 4 in the West, wasn’t one of the Soviet Union’s...
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The Evacuated Chernobyl Is Now Teeming With Wildlife
Animals Human habitation is more devastating to animals than nuclear fallout On April 26, 1986, reactor four of the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, was destroyed by an unexpected surge of...
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Soviet Space Station Fired A Gun In Orbit
Military Modified cannon finally revealed on Russian television At Popular Mechanics, a story about a Russian space weapon, tested in the 1970s. At Popular Mechanics, a story about a Russian space...
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60 years ago today, a Soviet street dog became the first animal to orbit Earth
Space Sputnik-2 or: Laika, our hero In 1957, a Soviet street dog named Laika launched into space aboard Sputnik-2 and became the first animal to orbit the Earth. This is her story.
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