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The first atomic bomb made a crystal scientists had never seen before

At 5:29 a.m. on July 16, 1945, the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico, briefly became a furnace unlike any on Earth’s surface ...
The Oak Ridger

The first atomic bomb is dropped on Aug. 6, 1945; the opinions of Nichols, scientists

Barbara Scollin, grandniece of Major General Kenneth D. Nichols, continues her series on his life. Ample reasons, most notably leadership skills, personality traits and qualifications, led to choosing ...
PBS

How the Atomic Bomb Redefined Geopolitics — 80 Years On

This week marks 80 years since the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki — killing an estimated 200,000 people. Historian Garrett Graff’s new book “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky” draws ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Truman never ordered the use of the atomic bombs—but he did order atomic bombings to be stopped

When it comes to marking anniversaries of the atomic bomb, there are a few obvious choices. July 16, 1945, was the date of the Trinity test, the first nuclear explosion, and has been used by some as ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Introduction: Nuclear Risk

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was founded very near the beginning of the nuclear age, just a few months after American atomic bombs decimated two Japanese cities at the end of World War II.
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These trees were supposed to die after the nuclear bomb, scientists reveal why they’re still here

When the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, the devastation seemed unimaginable. Yet, against all odds, some trees in Hiroshima managed to survive the blast and regrow in the ...
The Oak Ridger

The dropping of the atomic bombs: Oak Ridger shares excerpt of her book 'Robertsville'

EDITOR'S NOTE: This month marked the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, helping bring an end to World War II. Myra Mansfield shares an excerpt of her ...
The Washington Post

‘My teeth told me’: What it was like aboard the Enola Gay

This oral history is adapted from Garrett M. Graff’s book “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb,” which published on Tuesday. Eighty years ...
Christian Science Monitor

Hiroshima at 80: As Japan’s commitment to nuclear abolition wanes, activists dig in

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...