The United States, Soviet Union, Britain, France and China all scrambled to develop ever more powerful nuclear weapons ...

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Barbara Kent and a dozen other 13-year-old girls believed nuclear fallout from the Manhattan Project's Trinity test was ...

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima near the end ...

In the wake of the blast, these eerie shadows were left etched into surfaces across the city—almost like a photo negative of ...

Nuclear boffin Alex Wellerstein explained what to expect if you're ever caught in the crossfire of an atomic bomb - and ...

How has the nuclear bomb developed since 1945? Nicknamed ‘Little Boy’, the bomb dropped on Hiroshima exploded some 1,800 feet above the city, where it delivered around 12.5 kilotons of TNT.

While atomic bomb survivors warn the catastrophic risks, leaders of nuclear-armed states and self-proclaimed 'realists' argue ...

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On the 80th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, many Americans still embrace nuclear weapons. The ...

Aug. 6 and 9, respectively, marked the 80th anniversaries of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It's an opportune time to ponder the global nuclear weapons threat. As a physicist, I'm ...

In Japan and South Korea there is deepening concern over the reliability of long-time American security guarantees – whether ...