Cold War
How the Presidency Took Control of America's Nuclear Arsenal
From Truman onwards, the ability to order a nuclear strike has shaped the office
This Woeful Wipeout Made Evel Knievel an Instant Legend
In 1967, a bone-shattering spill at Caesars Palace spawned a career in self-endangerment
The Weird Story of the FBI and ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
The film supposedly had Communistic tendencies
How 1950s America Shaped ‘The Nutcracker’
It took the marketing insight of a Russian choreographer to make it all happen
New Video Highlights Hidden Cold War Bunker in Sweden
Viral footage shows off the site that appears to have been inhabited by Swedish intelligence workers
The Science Behind the First Nuclear Chain Reaction, Which Ushered in the Atomic Age 75 Years Ago
That fateful discovery helped give us nuclear power reactors and the atomic bomb
When Carl Sagan Warned the World About Nuclear Winter
Before the official report came out, the popular scientist took to the presses to paint a dire picture of what nuclear war might look like
Students Allied Themselves With Robin Hood During This Anti-McCarthyism Movement
The students of the Green Feather Movement caused an on-campus controversy at Indiana University
Getting to the Roots of "Plant Horror"
From the serious—pod people—to the farcical—”feed me, feed me!”—this genre has produced some strange stuff
JFK Faked a Cold to Get Back to Washington During the Cuban Missile Crisis
The president was in Chicago when he got the news that he needed to make a decision
The Sweet Story of the Berlin Candy Bomber
Gail Halvorsen's efforts made children happy but they also provided the U.S. military with an opportunity
Man Who Saved the World From Nuclear Annihilation Dies at 77
In 1983, Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov kept his cool and reported a U.S. missile strike as a false alarm, preventing a massive counterstrike
How Mary Hemingway and JFK Got Ernest Hemingway’s Legacy Out of Cuba
1961, the year Hemingway died, was a complicated year for U.S.-Cuba relations
The CIA Experimented On Animals in the 1960s Too. Just Ask ‘Acoustic Kitty’
Turns out that cats really don't take direction well
The Columnist Who Shaped Hollywood's Most Destructive Witch Hunt
Billy Wilkerson's complicated legacy has only been recently discussed by the magazine he founded
The Crazy Story of the 1946 Bikini Atoll Nuclear Tests
They were the first time that a nuclear weapon had been deployed since the 1945 attacks on Japan
Robert Oppenheimer’s Career Ended Long After the Bang, With a Whimper
The rivalry between Edward Teller and Robert Oppenheimer ended both their careers
Where the Myth of JFK's 'Jelly Donut' Mistake Came From
The misinterpretation didn't arise until years after his death
Meet the Rogue Women Astronauts of the 1960s Who Never Flew
But they passed the same tests the male astronauts did—and, yes, in high heels
Mail Delivery By Rocket Never Took Off
Although the Postmaster General was on board with the idea of missile mail, the Navy was ultimately less interested
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