An eyewitness account of the first atomic bomb tests in the Marshall Islands, along with some remarkably prescient observations about what they could mean for future superpower rivalries.

The quote is by English author and historian Caroline Playne reflecting on the summer of 1914. The Great War saw astounding ...

J. Robert Oppenheimer’s quote on acknowledging the “evil within” reflects his belief that self-awareness is essential for ...

Looking back on that night on the mountain, I’m tempted to call it a singularity—a sudden leap forward in consciousness.

Stepping back into the desert of Washington state, we follow how the Hanford Site was built at breakneck speed to feed the ...

VIENNA (AP) — The United States and Russia have both recently threatened to resume nuclear testing, alarming the ...

A mother and child in Hiroshima a few months after the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945.Credit...Alfred Eisenstaedt/The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock Supported by By ...

As reported on News Center 7 Daybreak, Dayton officers and firefighters responded at around 10:45 p.m. to the first block of Gilbert Avenue for reports of an explosion. Dayton Police Sgt. Matthew ...

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, ...

Hydronuclear experiments, barred globally since the 1990s, may lie behind President Trump’s call last month for the United States to resume its testing of nuclear bombs. By William J. Broad President ...

The nation conducted its last explosive nuclear test in 1992, after a series of treaties limited testing capabilities.