New Star Wars Plan: Pentagon Rushes to Counter Threats in Orbit NYT: Science By: Eric Lipton 17 May 2024 at 18:31 Citing rapid advances by China and Russia, the United States is building an extensive capacity to fight battles in space. Β© Craig Bailey/Florida Today, via Associated PressA rocket carrying the Pentagonβs secretive X-37B crewless space plane launching last year from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Exploring Atomic Bomb History Beyond Los Alamos NYT: Science By: Michael Janofsky 26 April 2024 at 05:02 The Atomic Museum in Las Vegas explains to visitors that Nevada and other states also played a role β for better or worse β in the creation of nuclear energy. Β© Cody Cobb for The New York TimesVisitors can watch a film about atomic history at the Atomic Museum in Las Vegas, which is dedicated to the history and science of nuclear weapons.