Then, in 1957, the Soviet Union shocked everyone by launching Sputnik 1. This little metal sphere, beeping away as it circled ...

China's “space baby” propaganda posters merge Cold War space race imagery with traditional Chinese mythology and Mao-era ...

The Stephen Sondheim musical Merrily We Roll Along played to sold out crowds on Broadway during its 2023-2024 run. That show ...

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Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This story is part of the November 8 edition of Good Weekend.See all 15 stories. Humans have a history of subjecting dogs to pain and ...

Did you know that over a dozen species, from fruit flies and mice to dogs, tortoises and plants, have been sent into space to test how life copes beyond Earth's atmosphere? Many of these living ...

Sputnik 2 was launched by the Soviets shortly after Sputnik 1, with its rapid preparation intended to sustain propaganda momentum and align with the 40th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. This ...

Mysterious “star-like” flashes of light spotted in photographs of sky surveys in the 1950s have long been associated with the reported sightings of unidentified flying objects or UFOs. These flashes, ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

We’ve lived through a pandemic, surviving to tell a tale. Ask anyone now, or even decades later, what they remember of the year 2020, and the first thing that would come to their minds, regardless of ...