These Ridiculously Long-Lived Sharks Are Older Than the United States, and Still Living It Up
The lifespans of these marine methuselahs may double those of oldest living tortoises, a creative dating method finds
A Radioactive Cold War Military Base Will Soon Emerge From Greenland’s Melting Ice
They thought the frozen earth would keep it safely hidden. They were wrong
The KGB’s Favorite Restaurant Reopens in Moscow
Aragvi, the haunt of Soviet-era celebrities and spies opens after a 13-year absence and $20 million renovation
The Marshall Islands Are Becoming Less Nuclear
A new study finds that the abandoned nuclear test sites aren’t much more radioactive than Central Park
During the Cold War, the Air Force Dropped an Unarmed Nuke on South Carolina
Amazingly, none of the Gregg family of Mars Bluff were seriously hurt, not even the cat
Is Europe Returning to Pre Cold War Divisions?
Author Robert D. Kaplan notes the beginnings of a complex map, caused by Russian revisionism, the refugee crisis and a structural economic crisis in the EU
A Brief History of Lee Harvey Oswald’s Connection to Cuba
For over 50 years, conspiracy theorists have linked JFK’s assassin to Fidel Castro’s Cuba
Is Bratislava’s Communist-Era Architecture Worth Preserving?
For residents of Slovakia’s capital, Cold War structures recall a painful past
Switzerland’s Historic Bunkers Get a New Lease on Life
As the shadow of war fades, the country’s former fallout shelters now house everything from museums to cheese factories
Russia Wants to Turn Old Missiles Into an Asteroid Defense System
One of the world’s deadliest missiles could become a planetary life-saver
Dig Into the Nuclear Era’s Homegrown Fallout Shelters
In 1955, the head of Civil Defense urged everyone to build an underground shelter “right now”
This Postmodern Art Captures a Tiny Moment of Hope During Romania’s Communist Years
Learn about Romania’s “unfrozen years” at Bucharest’s Postmodernism Museum
When Rock Was Banned in the Soviet Union, Teens Took to Bootlegged Recordings on X-Rays
Teens snuck jazz and rock into the U.S.S.R. on records made of old x-rays
Reagan and Gorbachev Agreed to Pause the Cold War in Case of an Alien Invasion
The 40th President of the United States was a big science-fiction fan
Thirty Years Later, We Still Don’t Truly Know Who Betrayed These Spies
Was there a fourth mole in the U.S. intelligence system that blew these secret agents’ covers?
Gary Powers Kept a Secret Diary With Him After He Was Captured by the Soviets
The American fighter pilot who’s the focus of Bridge of Spies faced great challenges home and abroad
Tour the World’s First Nuclear Power Plant
The historic site in a remote desert is now a museum where visitors can see the instruments that made nuclear history
In 1950, the U.S. Released a Bioweapon in San Francisco
This was one of hundreds of bioweapon simulations carried out in the 1950s and 1960s
Ride This Bizarre, Old-School Elevator Before They All Shut Down
The paternoster elevators of Europe are weird, a bit scary and getting harder and harder to find. For now, there are still a few you can ride
How the Summer of Atomic Bomb Testing Turned the Bikini Into a Phenomenon
The scanty suit’s explosive start is intimately tied to the Cold War and the nuclear arms race
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