The effects were devastating but it would take a second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki several ... make a stand against what ...

This scientifically accurate but non-technical history examines the impact of German efforts to harness nuclear fission, and the surrounding debates and legends. ‘Hitler’s Atomic Bomb is a masterful ...

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen bought a copy of Einstein's infamous 1939 letter to Roosevelt in 2002. It just sold at ...

This letter, which played a pivotal role in the development of the atomic bomb, was originally addressed to the US president.

The United States had just dropped an atomic bomb on Chieko's home city of Hiroshima ... weapons and war Sueichi went on to teach Japanese history at university. Knowing he was a hibakusha ...

In the final weeks of World War II, a Japanese torpedo sank an American heavy cruiser. Only 316 of the 900 sailors who survived the initial attack were ultimately rescued ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has released its second episode of the "Big Ideas Lab" Podcast, taking a look ...

Robert Oppenheimer — the father of the atomic bomb — to contemplate another ... “They don’t know the history.” The Trinity Site was on a short list for possible locations for testing ...

Under the "atomic bomb justification theory," the use of these ... "And it's important to understand the history, why it was created. Oppenheimer himself understood how dangerous they were ...

The "Ruby," a Malta-flagged cargo ship, is hauling 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate from Russia's port of Kandalaksha.

79 years ago, Japan was struck by two atomic bombs that would change the course ... on to become one of the most horrific acts in human history. Despite the horrific aftermath of Hiroshima and ...

For generations, the civilian victims of atomic bombs have suffered from the horrific ... There is no parallel in history when hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians were subjected to such ...