Literally and figuratively, splitting the atom was the earth-shaking event that ended World War II, launched the Cold War, provoked an international …
With the Apollo-Soyuz Handshake in Space, the Cold War Thawed a Little
… 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.
When Physics Faced the Darkest Part of Reality
The impact of a potential nuclear war remained the critical issue for the atomic scientist groups in the late 1940s and early 1950s, as the atomic rivalry …
How Culture Wrestled with the Atomic Age
It captivated kids growing up during the Cold War: They played with atomic-themed toys, read comics that referenced radiation and attacks, and …