As net zero goals revive the push for atomic power, could it light the way or lead to disaster? Three timely books explore the possibilities ...

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: How the man who invented the atom bomb was brought down by his obsession with his communist lover. By DOMINIC SANDBROOK . Published: 18:51 EDT, 16 June 2023 | Updated: 18:58 EDT ...

The "Fat Man" atomic bomb, dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945, remains one of the most significant and terrifying ...

It was the forerunner of the Manhattan Project, the top-secret government project that eventually invented a working atom bomb. A troubled legacy. The committee was only given $6,000 in funding, ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long lobbied American presidents to help Israel bomb Iran. None have taken him ...

Take an in-depth look at how the atomic bomb "Little Boy" worked, the first nuclear weapon ever used in warfare. Dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, the bomb marked the beginning of the ...

The plane safely landed with the one remaining bomb and nuclear capsule onboard at an airfield near Atlantic City, New Jersey. Despite a search, no traces of the weapons or debris were found. Feb ...

After the US and Soviet Union became capable of Mutually Assured Destruction, safeguards were put in place to prevent World ...

On Aug. 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima — becoming the only country to ever use nuclear weapons during wartime.

The letter originally in German was later translated into English by theoretical physicist Herbert Jehle, with help from ...

Birmingham, the atom bomb and the most influential Soviet spy in history. A eureka moment in a Birmingham basement led to the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict – and the death of ...

Is it possible that our president has started a war in the Middle East so that he can ‘negotiate peace’ and get a Nobel Prize ...