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Many narrators continue to portray Oppenheimer as the father of the atomic bomb. But crediting him was part of a strategy to make nuclear weapons look like an unambiguous force of good—not of evil.
Oppenheimer was first a brilliant scientist, then a war hero, then a political traitor, then a nobody, then a martyr, now a ...
Benny Safdie portrayed scientist Edward Teller in 2023's "Oppenheimer," but what happened to the physicist and chemical ...
Eighty years after the first test, why was there so little dissent at Los Alamos — and what does it mean today?
Fire and Ash' director already has his sights set on an adaptation of the upcoming historical book, Ghosts of Hiroshima.' ...
When the first nuclear bomb test took place 80 years ago, the scientists who gathered to observe the explosion in the New ...
Science historian Peder Anker’s book brings to light the stories of African Americans and others affected by the atomic bomb.
The words of the co-pilot who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima still echo 80 years on. Could the devastation it wrought ...
In the 1950s, the U.S. experimented with carrying a nuclear reactor on a plane, but stopped short of actually using nuclear ...
Robert Downey Jr might be more associated with comic books, but these five traditional books had a significant impact on him.
Billie Eilish announced over the weekend she is teaming up with James Cameron for an upcoming 3D concert film.