When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The first atomic bomb was tested in the early hours of July 16, 1945, at Trinity Site in New ...

Bombshell shows how the government tried to minimize the effects of radiation and prevent independent reporting through ...

From 1942 to 1945, the Manhattan Project had operated in secret to develop a weapon more fearsome than anything the world had ever seen. Now, in mid-July, they were ready — or at least, they hoped so.

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.

"The exploration of how key government officials were unaware of the implications of developing the first atomic bomb during World War II, leaving the lives of millions of Americans in the hands of a ...

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