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Protesters demonstrate against nuclear power and a storage facility at Rokkasho following the March 2011 disaster at Japan's Fukushima I power plant, the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl (1986).
'The Energy of a Bright Tomorrow': The Rise of Nuclear Power in Japan
Gemini 4 astronaut Ed White in open space, 1965.
Human Spaceflight Began Fifty Years Ago This Month, But Not Much Has Happened Lately
In 2005, Dr. Terrence Tumpey, a Center for Disease Control Microbiologist, examines recreated 1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus to help understand its particularly deadly effects.
Influenza Pandemics Now, Then, and Again
STS-116 mission specialists, NASA astronaut Robert Curbeam and ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang perform extravehicular activity (EVA) during construction of the International Space Station.
Facing Opportunities and Obstacles in Space
British scientist Charles Darwin.
Charles Darwin’s American Adventure: A Melodrama in Three Acts
Crowds outside the Bank of United States in New York after its failure in 1931.
Blame It All on Unintended Consequences
Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park, Washington DC.
Bicentennial for Two Great Emancipators
Closeup of a ram.
It’s Gay Rights, Not Gay Genes, That Matter
Engraving of René Descartes.
A Triumph for Religion as Well as Science
Transmission tower in Tennessee in the 1940s.
Back to the Future With Thomas A. Edison
Artistic rendition of Space Station Freedom with the STS Orbiter Vehicle
No Cheap Ticket to Outer Space
The NASA Space Shuttle Challenger launching in 1983.
Mars: A Planet Too Far?
Soldiers from 3rd Infantry Division provide perimeter security for Iraqi policemen at a traffic control point in Tikrit, Iraq.
The Limits of Shock and Awe
Chinese EVA spacesuit "Feitian".
China’s Manned Space Program: an Opportunity for Cooperation
Space Shuttle Columbia launching
Can We Boldly Go There Any More?
Photograph of a mock-up of the Little Boy nuclear weapon dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in August 1945. This was the first photograph of the Little Boy bomb casing to ever be released by the U.S. government (it was declassified in 1960).
Sowing Nuclear Seeds of Division
A vision for the future of the US Space Command for 2020: a space-based high-energy laser destroys a terrestrial target.
Rumsfeld May Spark Space Weapons Debate
Chris Anderson asks: "Will you run again?" Gore replies, "Ohh, you aren't going to get me on this one!"
But Gore Did Help Invent the Internet
The Epsom Clock Tower in the UK.
How Clocks Helped Conquer the World
Rural school children looking at a globe in 1943.
The Debate That Won’t Die
Computers utilized by U.S. Navy personnel in 1998.
What the Internet Will Bring Us
A photo of the Steamship Martha Washington in 1913.
Thinking Differently about “Think Different”
Schools often have dedicated computer labs which different classes share for studying and research.
The Fifth Wave?
The laser system of a CD-ROM drive.
From Manuscript to CD-ROM: A Longer Journey Than We Think?