Prologue I remember President John F. Kennedy when, on June 10, 1963 gave the Commencement Address at the American University ...

The Soviets called their first atomic test "First Lightning." A train belching black smoke, shipped the bomb components 2,000 ... began to grow quickly. The white fireball engulfed the tower ...

Israel warns "Tehran will burn" if Iran continues firing missiles, while state media say 60 people have been killed in a ...

The new exhibit, "Miss Atomic Bomb: Icon of the Atomic Age", will open to the public on Friday and run through summer.

A black-and-white photo of a Las Vegas dancer posing in a mushroom-cloud swimsuit became iconic of America's "atomic age," but for decades her identity was unknown. The mystery has finally been solved ...

Discover the origins of the Soviet Union's massive bomb and its status as one of the cleanest nuclear bombs ever detonated.

In the days before instant fact-checking, sci-fi television broadcasts in the '80s often scared the public into think the ...