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Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons
The number of survivors of the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dwindling 80 years later, but they are ...
The History and Physics of the Atomic Bomb
First came the idea of splitting the atom; then, a chain of events leading to a moment forever etched in collective ...
Here’s how big our nuclear arsenal is 80 years after the first atomic bomb
The first series of thermonuclear tests took place on Nov. 1, 1952, on the small Pacific island of Elugelab at Enewetak Atoll ...
Descendants of atomic bomb plane crewman and double survivor team up to abolish nuclear weapons
When the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, Ari Beser’s grandfather was onboard both of the ...
Today in Chicago History: City’s role in development of atomic bomb revealed
Vintage Chicago Tribune: The Atomic Age is born at the University of Chicago’s football stadium “Five thousand scientists, ...
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How Nazi secrets triggered the ultimate moral dilemma – and led to Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb
That weapon – and the bombs dropped so soon after on Hiroshima and Nagasaki – are often credited to the Manhattan Project, ...
Filmmakers, San Francisco Japantown museum reflect on 80-years since first atomic bomb
This summer, the NJAHS resurrected an exhibit from 30 years ago to remember the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic ...