Einstein’s genius enabled the atomic age, but his conscience rejected its darkest creation. This piece uncovers why he ...

Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. The bombing on Aug. 6, 1945, killed 140,000 people and a second bomb on Nagasaki (Aug. 9) killed ...

Oct. 14—In the shadow of a federal government shutdown, the site where the first atomic bomb was tested will not be open to the public this year. Located on White Sands Missile Range, the Trinity Site ...

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, ...

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 ...

There are no rows of white crosses along the Satsuma Peninsula or victory memorials dotting Kagoshima Bay. No markers at beaches on Kyushu bearing names of American car brands — Buick, Cadillac, Stutz ...

Atomic bomb survivors said they feared the world was marching towards nuclear war as the last US-Russian arms control treaty expired.

Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" opens up dialogue about the dark side of science, which led him to compare the rise of AI ...

India’s nuclear journey traced from Einstein to SHANTI Act 2025, exploring power, policy shifts, privatization, risks, and ...

A Japanese court ordered Wednesday the state to pay damages to the bereaved relatives of victims originally from the Korean Peninsula who were exposed to 1945 U.S. atomic bombing in Hiroshima. The ...