The West may become less polarised in coming years amid external threats – The Irish Times
After seeing off the Soviet Union – our Troy – the free world started to behave oddly. A…
Anatoli Bugorski survived a proton beam to the head
On June 3, 1978, Soviet physicist Anatoli Bugorski was checking malfunctioning equipment on the U-70 synchrotron — the…
Chinese scientists have bad news on having babies in space. But there is a silver lining
If the future of humanity lies in the vast expanse of space, could humans actually perpetuate the species…
Russian author Jana Bakunina: ‘In the West, people don’t know what it’s like to be absolutely helpless’ – The Irish Times
Jana Bakunina left Russia at 19 to study and then work in the UK. She travelled easily between…
China delivers first samples collected from far side of the moon to Russian scientists
China has given Russia some of the first soil samples collected on the far side of the moon…
‘I pray to die in my own country’: The long shadow of Soviet rule in a western Ukrainian town – The Irish Times
Eighty-one years later, Hanna Bodnar remembers her father Mykhailo’s arrest with total clarity. She was 10 years old…
Semyon Gluzman, Soviet psychiatrist sent to the gulag for exposing bogus diagnoses of mental illness
Semyon Gluzman, who has died aged 79, was the first Soviet psychiatrist to blow the whistle on the…
The astronaut who returned to a country that no longer existed: Sergei Krikalev’s unbelievable 10-month mission in space |
A routine space mission could turn into a historic ordeal. In May 1991, Sergei Krikalev blasted off for…
‘House of Dynamite’ explores how 18 minutes could decide fate of the world
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Kathryn Bigelow is exceedingly calm when she talks about nuclear annihilation. That’s not to…
US scientists find ‘critical gaps’ holding back Nasa moon plan as China races ahead
Scientists have found critical gaps in Nasa’s development of space life support systems that could prevent the United…
US scientists find ‘critical gaps’ holding back Nasa moon plan as China races ahead
Scientists have found critical gaps in Nasa’s development of space life support systems that could prevent the United…