"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In the mid-20th century, the small town of Kantubek—nestled on Vozrozhdeniya Island in the Aral Sea—was ...
GRUINARD BAY, Scotland - It was here on this fern-covered island that British scientists first harnessed the deadly power of anthrax, wiping out herds of sheep with microbe-packed bombs in one of the ...
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Vozrozhdeniya Island, located in the Aral Sea along the Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan border, played a large part in the Soviet Union’s bioweapons program.