For months, German V-1s terrorized the city. To take them down, US physicists had to develop a “smart fuse”—a task they were told was practically impossible… More about this in the link below… https://www.wired.com/story/the-american-scientists-who-saved-london-from-nazi-drones/
Read More The American Scientists Who Saved London From Nazi Drones | WIRED(Inside Science) — In “Inside the Third Reich,” a memoir by Albert Speer, the former minister of armament of Nazi Germany recalls an exchange he had with the physicist Werner Heisenberg and Adolf Hitler: “Heisenberg had not given any final answer to my question whether a successful nuclear fission could be kept under control with […]
Read More The Fear of Setting the Planet on Fire with a Nuclear Weapon | Inside ScienceRussia has opened a criminal investigation after Czech authorities dismantled the statue of a Soviet military commander despite Moscow’s protests, escalating a diplomatic row over the issue. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/10/russia-opens-criminal-case-after-czech-officials-remove-soviet-statue
Read More Russia opens criminal case after Czech officials remove Soviet statue | Czech Republic | The Guardian
