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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
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Would a North Korean space nuke really lay waste to the US?

3 May 2017

Warnings that North Korea could detonate a nuclear bomb in orbit to knock out US electrical infrastructure are far-fetched, says arms expert Jeffrey Lewis

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