Birth of a bomb

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Uranium was a scientific curiosity until Leo Szilard speculated that bombarding uranium atoms with neutrons would set off a chain reaction, which would release tremendous amounts of energy. The bomb dropped in Hiroshima used uranium-235, while the one used in Nagasaki used plutonium-239.

Uranium, Plutonium, Atomic bomb, Atomic bombs

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Welcome home to the Cold War

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The end of World War II saw the US rise as the most powerful nation in the world. It was also the beginning of uneasy relations with the Communist world led by the Soviet Union which led to the Cold War that threatened the world with annihilation through nuclear means.

United States foreign relations, Soviet foreign relations, Soviet Union, Cold War, 1945-1991

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The wages of war

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Issues concerning the financial compensation paid to American service personnel by the government after exposure to chemical or biological weapons, such as Agent Orange in Vietnam or illness after the Gulf War are discussed.

Health aspects, Diseases, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, Military personnel, Persian Gulf War veterans, Persian Gulf syndrome, Chemical warfare, Military pensions, Agent Orange

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