Project Ploughshare aimed to develop nuclear weapons for peaceful purposes, but never went beyond testing. Applications included widening the Panama Canal and creating an artificial harbor in Alaska, but objections and little economic benefit led to the project’s end in 1977. Project Ploughshare, officially known as Operation Ploughshare, was an effort to develop nuclear weapons […]
The vomer bone is a triangular bone in the skull that separates the nasal passages and is responsible for the perception of some pheromones. It is part of the nasal septum and is located dorsal to the hard palate. Different animals have varying shapes and sizes of vomer bones. Before 1975, children with cleft palates […]
