SONAR
One of the most significant developments in the history of naval warfare was the submarine. The submarine offered a means of stealth and surprise that surface ships couldn’t compete with. At first...
3 Jun 202515min
Alternate Forms of Space Travel (Encore)
Every single rocket that has ever been launched into space has been a rocket that burned some sort of fuel. These chemical fuel rockets have worked well for making the short trip to orbit. Beyond th...
2 Jun 202513min
Questions and Answers: Volume 31
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1 Jun 202516min
The History of the Hamburger
One of the most popular foods around the world is the hamburger. If most people think of American foods, it is probably the first thing that they might think of. Hamburgers are pretty simple in term...
31 Mai 202514min
The Last Days and Death of Adolf Hitler
In April 1945, in the last days of the war in Europe, everything was falling apart for the Third Reich. Adolf Hitler and his closest advisors holed up in a bunker in Berlin and issued delusional ord...
30 Mai 202516min
Marco Polo
In the 13th century, the Republic of Venice was one of the leading merchant empires in Europe. The merchants from Venice traveled far and wide in pursuit of profit. A few of them, however, traveled v...
29 Mai 202514min
The Bataan Death March
On December 8, 1941, as the Japanese were bombing Pearl Harbor, they were simultaneously attacking other Allied positions around Asia. One of the biggest attacks was on Manila and the Philippines an...
28 Mai 202514min
Bonds and the Bond Market
One of the most important markets in the global economy is the bond market. The bond market doesn’t get as much attention as the market for stocks. Yet, the global market for bonds is actually large...
27 Mai 202516min
