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Mysterious Explosion 1,000 Times Greater than Hiroshima
On June 30, 1908, the Earth experienced an explosion 1,000 times the magnitude of the the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan (shown above). The event resulted in the flattening of 80 million trees over an area roughly the size of Washington DC, and a century later scientists and UFO enthusiasts are still debating about what caused this colossal 5-30 megaton blast.
Continue reading...Abkhazia’s Abandoned Railway Lies Forgotten
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
At the height of the Russian Empire buildings were grandiose, colorful and inspiring but since the collapse of the USSR some lie abandoned, as with this railway station in Abkhazia, a former Russian territory. The railway was once a busy passenger route between Abkhazia and Russia and is testament to the former Soviet’s rich past. It now belongs to nature.
Continue reading...30 Starving Bears Trap Geologists in Russia
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
A group of Russian geologists working on the volcanic Kamchatka peninsula found conditions un-bear-able (apologies) after a group of over 30 bears trapped them in their camp. But as nature encroaches further inland in this far corner of eastern Russia, is this a sign of the damage poachers are doing to natural resources in the area?
Continue reading...Stalin’s Deranged Vision of a Human-Ape Super Race
Thursday, June 5, 2008
The Institute of Experimental Pathology and Therapy was the world’s first ever primate testing centre, revolutionary in its medical discoveries and responsible for sending monkeys into outer space. The institute which was once the envy of the West, is now a dilapidated shell of its former glory. [...]
Continue reading...Has the Great Arms Race Moved into Space?
Monday, June 2, 2008
image via Wikipedia At the start of 2007, China took the first step in the international space arms race. On January 11, the Chinese launched a missile and successfully destroyed one of their satellites.
Continue reading...Every Russian Police Station to Get a Resident Hypnotist
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Image via Flickr user Bryce Edwards After last week’s report that the Russian government was financing research on “psionic weapons” so that it could turn enemy soldiers into zombies, I was keen to see what the other shoe falling would be. Apparently, it’s the use of hypnosis in [...]
Continue reading...Russians Are Controlling Computers With Their Minds
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Image from sofauxboho Pravda is reporting that a federal university is using a significant grant to explore the possibility of controlling computers by merely thinking what you want the machine to do.
Continue reading...Beslan About to Plunge Into Darkness Again
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Image by Michael Mistretta Some people just can’t catch a break in life. Beslan, a city in North Ossetia, was the victim of the worst terrorist incident in Russian history in 2004 when Chechen separatists attacked the city’s largest school. Now though, it’s facing an entirely different challenge, [...]
Continue reading...Resource War of The Future: The Scramble For The Arctic
Monday, April 21, 2008
By Spencer Kimball. The great irony of the world’s current climate predicament is that instead of encouraging creative alternatives to fossil-fuel consumption, global warming may in fact lead to a renewed drive for untapped sources of petroleum. Image via United States Department of Energy As the planet continues to [...]
Continue reading...Russians Live Underground For A Year, Decide It’s Not That Different
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
For half of a year, a cult expecting the end of the world had been hiding in an underground bunker in a remote area of Russia– that is, until recently, when 14 of the group decided that the fourth partial collapse of their structure was a sign [...]
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
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