Boston and New York City compete to build the first subway system, which sends ripples through the mass transit system forever.
Called 'broken arrows,' these accidents came dangerously close to wreaking atomic devastation.
The project, dubbed "Project Iceworm," sounds like a setting for a James Bond spy movie—except it was real and the remains present a toxic mess
It started in the 1940s, near A-bomb development sites. More recently, something has been stalking nuclear carrier strike groups.
The physicist-turned-coach helped design the "torpedo" bat, a potentially game-changing innovation in baseball.
Casting has been announced for who will play The Fab Four in four upcoming biopics told from the perspective of each band member.
Set to be canonized on April 27, Acutis, who died at age 15, will be the first millennial Catholic saint.
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