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Did a massive nuclear antenna make Michigan’s trees grow taller?

15 January 2020

Project ELF was a 90-kilometre antenna buried under Michigan’s forests to communicate with nuclear submarines – with strange consequences for the surrounding nature
The sad tale of the US Navy's surplus military dolphins

The sad tale of the US Navy's surplus military dolphins

26 June 2019

From the archive: In 1994, the US Navy marine mammal service was downsizing its operation. Here's the sorry tale of what happened to the surplus military dolphins

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