… to say that the whole world—which had been on the brink of nuclear war during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis—looked forward to such a signal.
Editorial: Vesting sole control over nukes in one person is insanity. It must change.
Nuclear authority was vested in the president alone on the rationale that seconds would count during a nuclear attack and there wouldn’t be time to …
One of the Last Living Manhattan Project Scientists Looks Back at the Atomic Bomb Tests
Following the Pearl Harbor attack two days later, the U.S. was at war with the Axis powers; for the remainder of the ten-day sea voyage, the ship was …
Nuclear era that began in 1945 poses moral questions for the 21st century
… Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed by atomic bomb explosions 75 years ago this August, hastening the end of World War II.
Funding Nuclear Weapons at a Time of National Crisis
Jobs, racial equality, climate change, war, class, gender, and nuclear weapons were all connected and part of the same fight: universal human rights, …
Gold’s July mini-rally loses steam
… when fears of a nuclear war and the woes of Jimmy Carter’s presidency amid the Iranian hostage crisis saw paper currencies exchanged for gold on …
Remembering Kevin Rafferty
A found-footage film about the threat of nuclear war that was simultaneously hilarious and chilling, it was a big deal. Everyone was talking about it.
A Forgotten Legacy: How Nuclear Reactors Built for War Transformed Peacetime Science
(Inside Science) — On July 16 this year, on what marks the 75th anniversary of the first nuclear bomb test, a patient may go to the doctor for a heart …
The Diversity and Greatness of Manhattan Project Alumni
After the war, he conducted research on optics and nuclear energy, and developed mathematical models and shielding techniques for gamma …
The Fear of Setting the Planet on Fire with a Nuclear Weapon
He also noted that while he shares Dudley’s opposition to nuclear war, “it is totally unnecessary to add to the many good reasons against nuclear war …