The printing press, the lightbulb, the internal combustion engine and the computer moved the world into a mostly better ...

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

Eight decades after the Hiroshima atomic bombing, the event remains a defining moment. The bombings accelerated World War ...

On August 9th, 1945 the US dropped the atomic bomb, code name "Fat Boy" on Nagasaki ordered by President Truman. On 6th ...

On Monday, August 6, 1945, the United States became the first nation to use nuclear weapons, “Little Boy,” against another ...

Eighty-one years ago, the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and on Nagasaki on August 9, ...

With thousands of nuclear warheads still existing worldwide, Hiroshima and Nagasaki continue to serve as stark reminders of ...

Over the years, President Truman's decision to use atomic weapons has been debated, defended and criticized. But the truth is ...

Prior to 1945, nuclear weapons were just an idea that could be discussed in theoretical physics literature. This changed when J.