A number of social media posts in August 2025 shared a story about the civilian aftermath of America's rush to create the atomic bomb in 1945. According to the posts, a group of 13-year-old girls was ...

The Manhattan Project aimed to build the first atomic bomb during World War II after the discovery of nuclear fission in 1939. The project involved over 30 research and development sites and employed ...

An atomic bomb test at Bikini Lagoon. Marshall Islands, July 1946. Today is the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and the first use of an atomic bomb in war, in this case by the United ...

Eighty years ago, on Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first of two atomic bombs on Japan to force the unconditional surrender that ended World War II. The fearsome weapons were created by ...

LEWISTON, N.Y. — As the world marks 80 years since the Atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, the effort to develop the weapon lingers in the ground throughout Western New York.