HIROSHIMA--A rare visit inside the symbolic Atomic Bomb Dome here is testimony not only to the extent of overall damage caused by the atomic explosion, but also the huge amount of work that has gone ...

Kiyoshi Kanai (Photo courtesy of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum) HIROSHIMA -- A total of 152 previously unpublished photos taken in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombing of this city ...

The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce issued a calendar for tourists, listing the scheduled times of the bomb detonations and the ...

Nearly 81 years after the cataclysmic atomic bombing of Japan that instantly killed over 70,000 people, scientists have discovered a bizarre and previously unknown material from the beach sands of the ...

A smaller atomic bomb requires a more unstable radioactive substance, and would eventually be impossible to control, say our readers Nuclear explosions are different from conventional explosions. A ...

The general public has long had a degree of wariness and uncertainty surrounding nuclear reactors, thanks largely to the fact that many associate nuclear energy with nuclear bombs. That's fair, thanks ...

The First World War witnessed countless devastating battles, but one explosion in 1917 stood out for its sheer scale. Years before the atomic bomb changed warfare forever, Allied forces unleashed what ...