world war ii
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How Physicists Recycled WWII Ships And Artillery To Unlock The Mysteries Of The Universe
A million Russian artillery shells helped scientists discover the Higgs boson. And all over the world, remnants of World War II weapons are built into the most mysterious experiments in physics. In the mid-1990s, physicists needed tons of a metal strong enough to withstand the massive magnetic fields of the house-sized Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS)…
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German Bomb Technicians Successfully Defuse World War II-Era Allied ‘Blockbuster’ In Frankfurt
Photo: AP Large sections of central Frankfurt, Germany were evacuated on Sunday in preparation for authorities to defuse a World War II-era, 1.4-ton HC 4000 air mine, with CNN reporting at least 60,000 people were asked to leave the area while the bomb defusal operation proceeds.
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Newly Declassified Documents Show Nazis Plotted To Destroy Panama Canal
Investigators in Chile have released thousands of declassified documents dating back to the Second World War, revealing the extent to which Nazi spies had infiltrated the country. Among the more shocking revelations is the discovery of a Nazi plot to destroy the Panama Canal — an act that would have changed “the history of the…
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Buy These World War II Spy Gadgets But Don’t Tell Anyone
Everybody’s wondered what it would be like to be James Bond. Not the womanising or the killing or the endangering national security parts, of course. No, Gizmodo readers, it’s all about the gadgets, and today’s your lucky day.