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fromTruthout
6 days ago

80 Years After the Trinity Nuke Test, We're Still Living an Atomic Nightmare

Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan approached the brink of a full-scale war, a confrontation that could have become an extinction-level event, with the potential to claim up to two billion lives worldwide.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

What happened when the Trinity test bomb detonated, from the creation of green glass to fallout that drifted over 1,000 miles

The heat was 10,000 times hotter than the sun's surface, completely vaporizing instrument-containing balloons tethered to the tower. The tower disintegrated as well.
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fromPitchfork
1 week ago

Kronos Quartet Enlist Ringo Starr, Iggy Pop, Willie Nelson, and Many More for Star-Studded Bob Dylan Covers

Today marks the 80th anniversary of the Trinity test, during which a team of U.S. scientists led by J. Robert Oppenheimer detonated the world's first atomic bomb in New Mexico.
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