Plutonium

World war II is considered to be one of the most violent war in history. Throughout the beginning of the war, the United States had stayed neutral. It was not until the bombing at Pearl Harbor caused by the Japanese, that the United States got involved. Hiroshima, written by John Hersey, talks about six lives who lived through the bombing. Hersey was born in Tientsin, China in 1914, where he lived until the age of 11, before moving to the United States. Ever since 1947, he has devoted most of…

hours in air to cover more than 3,800 miles in distance, with 2,900 miles of unauthorized transgressing the Soviet airspace. The core mission was to photograph Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile sites that were currently in operation and plutonium-production facilities and shipyards where nuclear submarines were being…

Nuclear Power Nuclear power is a very controversial topic. While there are clear benefits to this type of energy, there have been devastating incidents with very high death rates. Radiation, a by-product of nuclear power, is a very dangerous side-effect that comes along with nuclear power. Though it is used in many positive ways, such as in health procedures, it is harmful to human tissue. The consequences of using nuclear power need to be thoroughly examined before a decision is made. The…

We know that radiation is harmful to us, even the sun’s UV waves are know to cause skin cancer. Than why, you may ask, do you think radiation is so good for us when it is so bad for our health? Well, for starters the two biggest types of power right now are Nuclear and Coal. If you have been keeping up with the environmental status coal is not helping the climate. People want to enjoy technology, but that costs power, which comes from coal. How do we balance these two, protecting the…

Japanese Neo-Nationalism Expressed in Anime Terror in Resonance Nowadays, Japanese animes are becoming increasingly famous, and America is not an exception for anime’s gigantic worldwide fandom. Animes, such as One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, and Attack on Titan, are the main leaders of the anime wave sweeping all over the world. Nevertheless, many Japanese animes are often criticized at the same time for employing the idea of neo-nationalism or indirectly mentioning justifications for Japan’s war…

Breaking News: San Bernardino mass shooting: 14 people dead, 21 wounded (Desocio); US trade deficit rises in February to 6-month high (Press); As US economics change, the term “middle class” fades away (Gedeon). Some say that these headlines are not important enough for the U.S to be focusing on them. For example, in a Gallup poll, people were asked, what is the most important problem facing the United States today? When it came to non-economic problems, terrorism only received 4% of the vote…

51,000 were injured or missing (“World”). The second bomb that was used, Fat Man, was dropped on Nagasaki. The Fat Man bomb was the larger bomb out of the 2. It was also much more complicated because it was an implosion type nuclear weapon with a plutonium filling. Fat Man measured 10 feet 8 inches long and 5 feet in diameter and had a blast force that was equivalent to 18,600 tons of TNT (“World”). After the second bomb was dropped, in fear of the U.S having another atomic bomb, Japan…

As the internet’s ever expansive growth continues, the activity of hacktivist groups advances. Although hacktivists have been targeting different governmental websites and networks, their actions are an act of protest and civil disobedience. In addition, the idea of a hacktivist has become misconstrued by the deceived public. The idea of a hacktivism needs to be made more transparent and the actions of these hacktivist groups need to be made more clear and differed from cybercrime or…

Since the ending of World War II, great controversy has arisen regarding the potential use of the Nazi doctors’ medical experiment findings. Nazi leaders instructed the doctors to perform sickening, gruesome, and terrifying experiments on the inmates of the concentration camps all throughout Europe. These unlawful experiments led the German medical community to gain vast amounts of knowledge regarding the physical limits of the human body under severe circumstances. According to Joel Dimsdale,…

The 20th century saw some of the bloodiest battles ever fought along with, It saw a huge surge in world population and introduced us too technology that was only previously dreamt of. In the 20th century, we went from communicating via mail to communicating instantly across the world using wireless phones. We went from hands on fighting, using single fire rifles to creating huge bombs that can wipe out cities Life expectancy skyrocketed about 60 percent in Canada in just one century, it went…