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68 years ago - The Trinity test and the start of the Atomic Age.
Today is the 68th anniversary of the Trinity test, the detonation of the first nuclear bomb. It is the usual date given for the start of the Atomic Age, though CP-1 went live two and a half years earlier. A crude fission device detonated in the desert of New Mexico with an energy release of...- catsmate
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Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: prudent or hasty?
The people wetting themselves over at the BA blog over Starfish Prime has gotten me wondering: was the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty a prudent measure or a hasty overreaction? Certainly a nuclear test done badly was potentially extremely dangerous but, then again, so is TNT. But TNT is useful and so...- Travis
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Right-Wing Science, 1959
This is something I found recently in a back issue of National Review. Kittynh keeps a large supply of these back issues in her basement, claiming many of her guests prefer them to toilet paper. I debated between posting this item in Politics (so I could take a cheap shot at conservatives) and...- Nova Land
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