Thirty years after the bombing of Nagasaki, a US physicist who helped to assemble the bomb revealed to the BBC why the blast couldn't be stopped.

The United States carried out the Potsdam Declaration’s threat of “prompt and utter destruction” on August 6 when a B-29 ...

On Aug. 6, 1945, U.S. Army Air Force planes, led by the B-29 Superfortress ‘Enola Gay,’ dropped an atomic bomb (Code named ...

Looking up at the summer sky on my commute the other day, I found myself wondering what the mornings of August 1945 were like ...

Nosing around a book fair for inspiration, a reporter found a firsthand account of one of humanity’s gravest acts, with ...

On August 6, 1945, a 10-foot-long uranium bomb called "Little Boy" was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

The decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima continues to stir debate today.

The undisclosed lender is providing a $3.3 billion construction loan, which is likely the largest in New York City history.

Today’s rapid development, captured in these up-close images of the new mining boom, will set new precedents for what ...

A New Golden Age" proposes radical change to U.S. science, with energy a core theme. Only nuclear power is mentioned, mainly ...

The place that launched Microsoft and raised Jeff Bezos still struggles with brain drain. But innovative training models and ...

Oak Ridge celebrates a decade of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park with youth programs and new exhibits.