J. Robert Oppenheimer was born in New York in 1904. He was the son of first-generation Jewish immigrants who came to America ...

The first atomic bomb ever exploded was a test device, insouciantly nicknamed the Gadget. In mid-July 1945, American scientists had trucked the five-ton mechanism from their secret laboratory at ...

HIROSHIMA--Shooting will begin next year for a movie portraying the bond between the U.S. author of the bestseller “Hiroshima” and an atomic bomb survivor featured in the book. John Hersey was ...