The double flash could have been a nuclear explosion of two to three kilotonnes - equivalent to 2-3,000 tonnes of TNT.

There are some tourist spots which carry the marks of history and tragedy. Standing on those grounds takes you back to the ...

In the final weeks of World War II, a Japanese torpedo sank an American heavy cruiser. Only 316 of the 900 sailors who survived the initial attack were ultimately rescued ...

Built in the '40s, the 450-foot-tall, 730-foot-long crane is an iconic Bay Area structure. But it was also part of a process ...

Speak No Evil’s new 2024 ending feel like an improvement? Let’s do the same to Midsommar, John Carpenter’s The Thing, David ...

This letter, which played a pivotal role in the development of the atomic bomb, was originally addressed to the US president.

In the letter, Einstein also warned that while “such bombs” might be too heavy for air transport, they could still be ...

Professor Timothy Koeth of the University of Maryland received an unusual birthday gift: a package containing a small black cube about five centimeters on each side and weighing about five pounds. An ...

The mayoral proclamation, read at the Oak Ridge Public Library by Mayor Pro Tem Jim Dodson, declared Young the oldest living ...

If you don’t mind, dear reader, I’m going to treat you as someone who already knows that on Aug. 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m., ...

An atomic bombing is so horrific that all accounts tend to be quintessential. M.G. Sheftall’s “Hiroshima: The Last Witnesses, ...

It was the summer of 1945 when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan, killing thousands of people as waves of ...