WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. forces are conducting large-scale nuclear “deter and detect” drills this week, just days after Russia conducted similar military exercises simulating retaliatory strikes to a hypothetical U.S. or NATO nuclear attack. Their timing— during the tense standoff over Ukraine —combined with Cold-War-era rhetoric coming out of Moscow, have raised fears of a new nuclear arms race between […]
Last year, a meteorite exploded 23 kilometers (14 miles)above Chelyabinsk, Russia. It was estimated to be 18 meters (60 feet) long with the mass of about 10,000 tons. If it had fallen in a populated area, an entire city could have been devastated. Luckily, the meteorite disintegrated and most of the fragments fell into […]
Massachusetts Marine Investigator, Barry Clifford, said in a press release today that he is confident that a sunken ship found off of the coast of Haiti is that of the long-lost Santa Maria, the flagship of a small fleet of ships commanded by Christopher Columbus as he made landfall in the New World. Clifford, who […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell Monday joined National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis, philanthropist David Rubenstein, and Trust for the National Mall President Caroline Cunningham to re-open the Washington Monument nearly three years after an earthquake significantly damaged its marble and granite structure. “Thanks to the generosity and patriotism of David […]