Einstein’s genius enabled the atomic age, but his conscience rejected its darkest creation. This piece uncovers why he refused to join the Manhattan Project and the haunting moral warning he left ...

The 2023 film 'Oppenheimer' depicts the life of American physicist Julius Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967), who led the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. NAGASAKI, Japan — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family paid their respects Friday to the victims of the atomic ...

Many Americans—including students in the History of the Atomic Bomb course taught at the University of Texas at Austin by Bruce J. Hunt, A&S '84 (PhD)—have learned a version of this story: On Aug. 6, ...

On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. That first-ever use of an atomic weapon killed an estimated 140,000 people in all, most of whom were civilians. Three ...

THE FIRST NUCLEAR reactor on earth went critical 2 billion years ago in western Africa when groundwater seeped into a rich vein of uranium ore. It controlled itself elegantly, its water moderator ...

Bombshell explores how the U.S. manipulated the narrative about the impact of the WWII bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and how a group of journalists pushed back. An in-depth look at the efforts of ...

The Tsar Bomba's explosion was unparalleled in power. With a 50 megaton capacity, this nuclear test was estimated to be 3,800 times the strength of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. And although short video ...

Hiroshima, on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city in a ceremony of remembrance, but it was an event also aimed, psychologically, at preventing ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan (HawaiiNewsNow) - Koko Kondo was just 8 months old when an American B-29 aircraft named the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on her hometown of Hiroshima. At 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 1945 ...

On Aug. 9, 1945, 6-year-old Chiyoko Motomura was playing on a veranda at her family’s Nagasaki, Japan, home. Her mother, aunt and grandfather were weeding the rice fields while her grandmother was ...