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 ...

A national memorial hall in Japan for victims of the atomic bomb plans to hold its annual ... a merchant who was active in Nagasaki in the 19th century and contributed to Japan's modernization.

WASHINGTON--In a more receptive time, the National Air and Space Museum here plans to feature the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki three decades after a similar project was ...