The Manhattan Project aimed to build the first atomic bomb during World War II after the discovery of nuclear fission in 1939. The project involved over 30 research and development sites and employed ...

On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On Aug. 9, 1945, a second bombing was dropped on Nagasaki. The atomic bombs instantly took thousands of ...

"The exploration of how key government officials were unaware of the implications of developing the first atomic bomb during World War II, leaving the lives of millions of Americans in the hands of a ...

The Trinity test—the detonation of the world’s first nuclear bomb—was conducted 80 years ago as part of the Manhattan Project. Two years ago, the film Oppenheimer premiered in theaters and became an ...

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, has a long history with nuclear power. It’s home to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the leading institution for nuclear research in the U.S., but more famously, the city was ...

Wendy Wintersteen is president of Iowa State University. Watching the young men and women sailors scramble aboard the new USS Iowa submarine as ship sponsor Christie Vilsack announced, "Board our boat ...

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