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J. Robert Oppenheimer stifled a petition by 70 scientists beseeching President Truman not to use the...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 11 months agoLeo Szilard, pictured circa 1945, circulated a petition to other Manhattan Project scientists,...
Haunting photos show the day the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAn aerial photograph of Hiroshima shortly after the "Little Boy" atomic bomb was dropped in...
Plug pulled to activate Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb is housed in this Missouri museum
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe history changing artifact is part of a display at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and...
How hydrogen bombs work and why they were created after WWII despite being more powerful than atomic...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe first hydrogen bomb test, as part of Operation Ivy, detonated over the Marshall Islands in...
It’s Debatable: Is the use of nuclear weapons immoral?
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIn this week's "It's Debatable" segment, Rick Rosen and Charles Moster debate the morality of the...
Oppenheimer: The true story behind the Christopher Nolan film
Yahoo Movies UK· 11 months agoChristopher Nolan explores the story of the father of the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer, in his...
The 'Game-Changing' Technology The Nuclear Industry Is Betting On For A Revival
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCAMDEN, N.J. ― On a bright, humid afternoon last September, Allen Hickman made the rounds on the...
13 ‘Oppenheimer’ Characters with Their Real-Life Counterparts
Biography via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe movie ‘Oppenheimer’ is based on the life of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who helped develop...
The Trinity Test Site Is Open One More Time This Year. You Might Not Get In.
Military.com via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWhite Sands Missile Range, where the U.S. detonated the world's first nuclear weapon known as "the...