A cult of wizards was assembled ( on a mountaintop, loosely speaking) by a great empire: it was told to come up with a method ...

On the 80th anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, President Truman deserves credit for the first use of the atomic bomb in war. But he also deserves some credit for the fact that ...

Treated as outcasts for decades, these survivors and their children are now speaking out against global nuclear rearmament.

When “Little Boy” detonated above the Japanese city, 80,000 people died instantly. The flash, brighter than the sun, transformed Hiroshima into the world’s first nuclear battlefield. Tens of thousands ...

For years, they lived a block apart on McFarland Avenue east of Borah School. They died after long, productive lives — Jim, ...

World War II ended 80 years ago when Japan surrendered after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Here's how Cincinnati reacted.

As Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the country's postwar identity is shifting.

Movies can tell us a lot about what scares us. And ever since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago this week, the fear of nuclear war has reverberated across decades of ...

At 11:02 a.m. Aug. 9, 1945, from 1,650 feet above Nagasaki, “Fat Man,” an atomic bomb fueled with Hanford site plutonium, was ...

In the heart of Hiroshima, some hibakusha – survivors of the atomic bomb – share their stories in front of the camer | dG1fV3BzYXkxMlNxVk0 ...