On August 6, 1945, the sky above the Japanese city of Hiroshima opened. A blinding flash, then a deafening sonic boom. An entire city pulverized in seconds. Thus began the nuclear age. Today, 80 years ...

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Stenger, an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Hawaii, argues in this quick philosophical treatise and history of atomic theory that the existence of the atom proves that God doesn’t ...

The Atomic Museum in Las Vegas explains to visitors that Nevada and other states also played a role — for better or worse — in the creation of nuclear energy. By Michael Janofsky Reporting from Las ...

The story of the M65 “Atomic Annie” cannon is an engaging portrait of the Cold War era—a time when nuclear war hung over everybody and military innovation was motivated by a desire for deterrence as ...

MIT researchers found that a hidden atomic order can persist in metals even after they undergo extreme processing. For ...

When the first atomic weapon exploded with unearthly force in the scrub desert of New Mexico on July 16, 1945, the Army was immediately faced with an unusual problem: How do you keep the biggest ...

On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. On Aug. 9, 1945, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. The bombings resulted in thousands of causalities in Japan.

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