Many hope it will answer a question that has long divided Americans and the country’s understanding of its history: Who exactly was J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb?

Last month, the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors known for ...

The summer of 1946 saw a lot of shocking scenes. There were the atomic bomb tests that tore up the waters off the Marshall ...

Andrew Marr explores the development and deployment of the first atomic bomb. He describes the moral ... This is from the series: Andrew Marr's History of the World. Students could write a series ...

Uranium was discovered in 1789. The later revelation that the element was radioactive helped usher in the modern era of ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series called “The Day Tomorrow Began,” which explores the history of breakthroughs at UChicago ... toward proving that it would be possible to make an atomic bomb.

Teaching peace is incredibly important — but we can’t say “never again” and be forward-looking without looking back. Last ...

A new film raises questions about the shattering consequences of Britain’s race to become a global nuclear power ...

Shortly after the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare was dropped ... ICRC photograph [Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images] ‘We cannot allow your blood to mix with our family ...