Tag: Soviet Union (USSR)
Putin wants to transform Russia’s far east into a tourist hotspot...
Natasha Kuhrt, King's College London
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has taken a trip to Russia’s untamed and isolated far...
The splendid life of Jimmy Carter – 5 essential reads
Howard Manly, The Conversation
In Mark 8:34-38 a question is asked: “For what shall it profit a man, if...
With fewer than 1,500 Catholics in Mongolia, Pope Francis’ upcoming visit...
Huaiyu Chen, Arizona State University
Pope Francis is set to make the first-ever visit to Mongolia, a country with...
How the Soviets stole nuclear secrets and targeted Oppenheimer, the ‘father...
Calder Walton, Harvard Kennedy School
“Oppenheimer,” the epic new movie directed by Christopher Nolan, takes audiences into the mind...
The Soviet Union once hunted endangered whales to the brink of...
Ryan Jones, University of Oregon
Every year, an estimated 13 million people go whale-watching around the world, marveling at...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
