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How the ‘Little Boy’ Hiroshima nuclear bomb transformed modern warfare forever
The Hiroshima bomb is the most devastating to have been used in real combat. But today’s nuclear weapons are far, far more ...
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From Oak Ridge to Hiroshima: One family’s memories of the Atomic Age
It started in secrecy and ended with a mushroom cloud. The daughter of Manhattan Project technician shares what it meant to be raised in the long shadow of the Manhattan Project.
Here’s how big our nuclear arsenal is 80 years after the first atomic bomb
The 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is this week. It was the only time nuclear warheads were ...
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This Rarely-Visited Country Has Lively Coral Reefs, Wreck Diving, And Phenomenal Stargazing
Whether you want to dive with sharks and World War II wrecks, lounge on pristine beaches, or soak in starry skies, this ...
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Eighty years ago this week, the world changed with the atomic bombings of Japan. We are still feeling the poisonous fallout
Sunday, Aug. 6, 1945, 8:15 am. A 12-year-old girl was walking to her seijinshiki ceremony, a traditional Japanese rite of ...
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Add ailing cleanup veterans to expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan declared July 16 as National Atomic Veterans Day, in recognition of service member participation in U.S. nuclear tests. But many cleanup veterans are still waiting for ...