In the wake of the US attacks, the international community asked itself how it could ensure that such horrors were never ...

Next time, it could be an instrument in the hands of an irrational regime, or rival nation bent on the destruction of ...

IT was the day that changed the world for ever – when the first atomic bomb brought ­Armageddon to Japan.  Oscar-winning 2023 ...

Garrett Graff’s “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky” and Iain MacGregor’s “The Hiroshima Men.” ...

Opinion: 80 years later, there is no certainty another approach would have abruptly ended hostilities and spared substantial American lives.

A dawn ceremony is planned for Aug. 6, as Oak Ridge remembers the dropping of the first atomic bomb in 1945. Officials with ...

Nuclear weapons, including atomic and thermonuclear bombs, are among the most destructive forces known to humanity. These weapons of mass destruction harness the power of nuclear fission or a ...

A recent US survey has found that Americans have mixed views about whether their country's use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima ...

Science historian Peder Anker’s book brings to light the stories of African Americans and others affected by the atomic bomb.

As the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing approaches, a 96-year-old woman reflects on the twist of fate that saved her life, her journey as a 'war bride' in Australia and the lasting lessons ...

A Nagasaki cathedral has blessed the final piece to complete its restoration nearly 80 years after being destroyed by the second U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Japan: a reproduction of its lost bell ...

The bell was blessed and named "St. Kateri Bell of hope" by Peter Michiaki Nakamura, archbishop of Nagasaki, at the Urakami Cathedral in a ceremony Thursday, attended by more than 100 followers and ...