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

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

At Hiroshima's atomic bomb site, he learns how the explosion devastated the city and why one famous structure remained ...

On August 6, 1945 — 81 years ago — the US bomber Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in military combat on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.

Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II, is now a museum exhibit.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! American students learned safety and preparedness in case of an atomic bomb explosion in this 1951 "Duck and Cover" public awareness campaign video ...

The general public has long had a degree of wariness and uncertainty surrounding nuclear reactors, thanks largely to the fact that many associate nuclear energy with nuclear bombs. That's fair, thanks ...

When an atomic bomb detonates, it produces a unique chemical environment that’s nearly impossible to mimic in a lab—and amid its destruction, the explosion can create something completely new. A ...