The incident that killed Slotin was so intense that the air in the lab itself became ionized, causing a clear blue glow and a visible wave of heat. His symptoms were very similar to those seen in victims of the atomic bomb attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Once ...
First off, to be able to celebrate Armed Forces Day in the Lone Star State one must know the history of how it came about. It was August 31st, 1949 when the Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson announced the creation of a new holiday Armed Forces Day. ...
Fast forward 20 years. Chris, I mean Darrel is gone, [his nickname was Chris] but I still think of him. Usually two times a year. Memorial Day and Veterans Day and the month of December; the anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor.Get...
Twenty years after the most terrifying submarine disaster in naval history, the untold story about why the Russians buried the truth and how Vladimir Putin used the incident to ignite a new Cold War finally comes to light. A decade after...
The inciting incident is the moment in your story when your hero’s life changes forever. It is the ‘no-going back’ moment, where nothing that happens afterward will return your hero’s world back to normal. When this happens, it is full speed ahead and stays that way until the climax...
The ∼8.15 ka Storegga submarine slide was a large (∼3000 km3), tsunamigenic slide off the coast of Norway. The resulting tsunami had run-up heights of around 10–20 m on the Norwegian coast, over 12 m in Shetland, 3–6 m on the Scottish mainland coast and reached as far as ...
No, the internet is actually underwater, in the submarine optic fiber cables that run along the bottom of the oceans. And the last stretch of cable that finally united the world with the telegraph was laid between Newfoundland and Valencia Island in Ireland in 1866. That was the birth of ...
This haunting stillness set the stage for the unforeseen disruption of the submarine cables. This event would send ripples of concern about hybrid warfare far beyond the misty expanse of the Baltic. The quiet depths of the Baltic Sea have become the stage for a high-tech mystery gripping the ...
Fast forward 20 years. Chris, I mean Darrel is gone, [his nickname was Chris] but I still think of him. Usually two times a year. Memorial Day and Veterans Day and the month of December; the anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor.Get...
According to the official GivingTuesday website,“GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good.” I encourage you to make a donation to your favorite charity, but also to a favorite charity of a friend or even a stranger you admire for ...