Mark B Smith’s magnificent new history, Exit Stalin, lays bare the reality of daily life during the USSR’s death spiral ...

From the Civil Rights Movement to the assassinations of notable figures, these world-changing events defined the way boomers ...

The Nuclear Age will appeal to a broad audience, both newcomers to the topic and those who are conversant but not academic ...

From Academy Award-winning performances to classic Australian comedy, fill the last moments of your holidays with these free ...

In the late 1950s, as Sputnik reshaped the Space Race, the U.S. Air Force quietly studied Project A119, a proposal to detonate an atomic bomb on the Moon as a spectacle visible from Earth. The plan ...

Bombshell” is a new documentary - premiering Tuesday night on PBS’ “American Experience” - that explores how the U.S.

Imagine if you will, a low-cost, small weapons system. It could fly stealthily into enemy territory, not being mistaken for a bomber or any kind of missile. And then it could detonate a nuclear weapon ...

In several cases, individual officers chose restraint over obedience. Their decisions went against training, orders, and doctrine. Entire civilizations depended on minutes and judgment calls. These ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the firing of "cutting-edge" hypersonic missiles to ready Pyongyang's nuclear forces for war, state media reported Monday, saying "geopolitical crisis" made the ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

From this vantage point, it is impossible to know how 2025 will be remembered. But it certainly seems like the very interesting times everyone is living through are reflected in a crop of films that ...