What Is the Difference Between a Hydrogen Bomb and an Atomic Bomb?

Hydrogen bombs cause a bigger explosion, which means the shock waves, blast, heat and radiation all have larger reach than an ...
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‘Atomic Echoes’ follows the stories of atomic bomb survivors 80 years after World War II

An “atomic veteran” was a military service member who: At the time of their service, they were told not to discuss their involvement in nuclear tests because the information was classified. But in ...
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 80 years after the atomic bomb, the world still grapples with the fallout

Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. The bombing on Aug. 6, 1945, killed 140,000 people and a second bomb on Nagasaki (Aug. 9) killed ...

‘Miss Atomic Bomb’ and America’s obsession with the Atomic Age

Out of this surreal convergence of spectacle and science emerged one of the most striking and unsettling cultural icons of ...
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How the Atomic Bomb Redefined Geopolitics — 80 Years On

This week marks 80 years since the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki — killing an estimated 200,000 people. Historian Garrett Graff’s new book “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky” draws ...
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New book documents motivation and development of atomic bomb

The U.S. altered the course of history 80 years ago when it dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. It was an audacious move that ultimately led to the end of World War II. The motivation and secrecy ...
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When the US put bombs on 26,000 bats - and dropped them over Japan

At the height of World War II, as the Manhattan Project raced toward the atomic bomb, another far stranger weapon was being ...
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Nichols: 'The atomic bomb did not win the war; it ended it'

Barbara Scollin, grandniece of Major General Kenneth D. Nichols, continues her series on his life. Ample reasons, most notably leadership skills, personality traits and qualifications, led to choosing ...