While the exact risk of nuclear war remains complex and uncertain, global tensions continue to escalate, which has increased that threat. Despite the collective efforts of many nations to prevent such ...

Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least four million premature deaths from cancer and other diseases over time, according to a new report delving into ...

Nuclear bomb effects computer in pocket. Also issued online. NASM copy: Circular computer lacking. MSRL copy "Changes as of Feb. 1964" inserted. 1. General principles of nuclear explosions -- 2.

The use of atomic bombs on Japan is often justified by the potential loss of Allied lives in a ground invasion and as retribution for Japanese war atrocities. The atomic blasts and subsequent ...

This is a compact version of the specialized slide rule included in the reference book "The Effects of Nuclear Weapons," published by the Atomic Energy Commission in 1957 and revised in 1962. The ...

Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many of the remaining Japanese survivors are increasingly frustrated by growing nuclear threats and the acceptance of nuclear weapons ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Scott L. Montgomery is a geologist who writes about energy issues. Fear of radiation is a staple of the post-WWII era. Assumptions ...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/how-press-reported-atomic-bomb/ The New York Times proudly touted its exclusive coverage of the atomic bomb ...

Editor’s Note: This article contains potentially triggering material, including discussions of war, health effects of atomic bombs, child death and more. In August 1945, the United States dropped ...

On Aug. 9, 1945, 6-year-old Chiyoko Motomura was playing on a veranda at her family’s Nagasaki, Japan, home. Her mother, aunt and grandfather were weeding the rice fields while her grandmother was ...

Hiroshima, on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city in a ceremony of remembrance, but it was an event also aimed, psychologically, at preventing ...

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 ...