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Pacific Ocean

Artist's rendering of Titanic sinking.

This Week in Tech History: Apollo 13 Aborted, CIA Dabbles in Mind Control

The "unsinkable" RMS Titanic sank on its maiden voyage, while an oxygen tank explosion nearly doomed a NASA mission.
By John Bonazzo
The risk of ocean radiation in the Pacific is slim to none, so anyone who wants to sail in San Francisco has one less thing to worry about.

Five Years After Fukushima, Ocean Radiation Poses Little Risk to U.S.

Many Americans have been drinking non-harmful radiation without knowing it, so the risk of harm from Fukushima water in the U.S. is small.
By John Bonazzo
Alexander Graham Bell's invention, in one of its earliest forms.

This Week in Tech History: Telephone Invented, Fukushima Power Plant Explodes

Inventor and Scottish emigrant Alexander Graham Bell initially used the telephone to summon his servant using a call bell.
By John Bonazzo
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 1: (CHINA OUT) Security guard walk past the Chinese national flag at the Military Museum of Chinese People's Revolution on March 1, 2008 in Beijing, China. From March 1, the Military Museum of Chinese People's Revolution becomes the first national level museum which opens to the public for free in Beijing. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

China’s Aggression Is a Godsend for the United States

By Andrew L. Peek
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