russia Russia has 44 secret cities with 1.5 million people that don't appear on public maps Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1974, Turkish forces fenced off a Cyprus beach resort. It's still empty. Ellsworth Toohey

Space Two Italian brothers claimed to have recorded dying Soviet cosmonauts that Moscow erased from history Ellsworth Toohey

History Cold War planners wanted to heat atomic mines with chickens Ellsworth Toohey

Space The US once had a secret plan to nuke the moon Gail Sherman

Science World's deadliest spot: the horror of Lake Karachay Ellsworth Toohey

cold war Elderly brain hack: How a Cold War spy test boosts fitness and sharpness Ellsworth Toohey

cold war Review: I wish "Oppenheimer" had ignited the atmosphere Natalie Dressed

happy mutants 20th Century Men brilliantly flips the Cold War on its head, with superheroes Thom Dunn

CIA CIA releases new documents about Russian telepathy experiments in the 60s Thom Dunn

spies The real world of spies Devin Nealy

museums Auction: Lipstick gun, poison-tipped umbrella, hotel room "bug," and other KGB spy gear David Pescovitz

architecture For sale: Cold War bunker and missile silo David Pescovitz

cold war A visit to the eerie abandoned TEKOI test center in Utah Mark Frauenfelder

podcasts A new podcast explores the CIA's involvement with writing a hit song for the Scorpions Thom Dunn

nsa Ingenious Cold War keylogger the Russians used to bug Selectric typewriters in the US embassy David Pescovitz

books A profile of Cliff "Cuckoo's Egg" Stoll, a pioneering "hacker hunter" Cory Doctorow

gaming Review: Phantom Doctrine lacks the fun of XCOM Séamus Bellamy

cold war Cold War Soviet gas masks available on Amazon David Pescovitz

books You can vote in the Children's History Book Prize! Cory Doctorow