An atomic bomb unleashes immense heat, pressure, and radiation—but could anything really survive such devastation? From cockroaches and deep-earth bacteria to specially designed military bunkers ...

Manhattan, Mayson, Maud. One of these is synonymous with the race to build an atomic bomb during the first half of the 1940s. But we ought to have heard of all three, argues Gareth Williams in his ...

After the United States dropped the atomic bomb over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, instantly killing about 78,000 people and injuring far more, Ninoshima, about 4 km (2.5 miles) from the hypocentre ...

TOKYO, Jan. 6, 2010 -- The only person officially recognized as having been twice in the bull's eye of atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki has died. Tsutomu Yamaguchi, aged 93, passed away Monday.

Take an in-depth look at how the atomic bomb "Little Boy" worked, the first nuclear weapon ever used in warfare. Dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, the bomb marked the beginning of ...

The first atomic bomb was tested 80 years ago at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. However, most of us are not familiar with the Trinity Site simulation explosion weeks earlier on May 7, 1945.

80 years later, victims of ‘first atom bomb’ will soon be eligible for reparations More Americans are now eligible for compensation for health problems linked to radiation exposure from the ...

As the world marks 80 years since the first atomic bomb was detonated in the New Mexican desert, a Nevada congresswoman introduced new legislation Wednesday intended to streamline benefits for ...

12 Days of Attacks Later, Could Iran Make an Atomic Bomb? By Agnes Chang, Pablo Robles, Josh Holder, William J. Broad and David E. Sanger June 27, 2025 Share full article ...

On July 13, 1950, an Air Force bomber carrying an atomic bomb crashed in Monroe, Ohio. 75 years later, a ceremony was held in remembrance of the event.