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Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons

The number of survivors of the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dwindling 80 years later, but they are ...

80 years after the atomic bomb: A photo gallery from Hiroshima

A bird flies past the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Monday, August 4, 2025 as Japan will mark 80th anniversary of the WWII U ...

Santa Fe Archbishop visits Hiroshima on anniversary of dropping of atomic bomb

Wednesday marked 80 years since the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima instantly killing tens of thousands of people ...

The History and Physics of the Atomic Bomb

First came the idea of splitting the atom; then, a chain of events leading to a moment forever etched in collective ...

See what Hiroshima looks like 80 years after the atomic bomb

On August 6, 1945, the US bomber Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in military combat on the Japanese city of ...

Descendants of atomic bomb plane crewman and double survivor team up to abolish nuclear weapons

When the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, Ari Beser’s grandfather was onboard both of the ...
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How Nazi secrets triggered the ultimate moral dilemma – and led to Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb

That weapon – and the bombs dropped so soon after on Hiroshima and Nagasaki – are often credited to the Manhattan Project, ...

Filmmakers, San Francisco Japantown museum reflect on 80-years since first atomic bomb

This summer, the NJAHS resurrected an exhibit from 30 years ago to remember the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic ...