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

A firsthand account written by a Hiroshima survivor nearly 80 years ago is finally ...

Nearly 80 years ago, Kiyoshi Tanimoto documented the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing during World War II. His manuscript was recently found in a U.S. library ...

A trove of over 1,500 photographs taken in the months following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has been nominated for ...

Diagrammatic explanation of the evolution of the fireball in the 5 seconds after Hiroshima nuclear bomb detonation. Credit: Asset et al, 2024 The atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, by the United ...

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 ...

TOKYO — Shigeaki Mori, a Japanese atomic bomb survivor in Hiroshima and a historian but best known for a big hug he was given by then U.S. President Barack Obama during his historic visit to the city ...

Ahead of the International Day against Nuclear Tests on August 29 2018, we met up with British atomic veterans who were ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

WORCESTER – Members of Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of nuclear disarmament advocates, were presented with a key to the city during a visit to Worcester Tuesday, May 5. Hiroshi Kanamoto, a ...