Stuart Pagel, 98, enlisted in the U.S. Navy at 17. Eight decades after the end of WWII, he will ride in a gold Mustang in ...

The movie depicting survivors of the Nagasaki atomic bomb based on a novel by Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro drew thunderous applause at the Cannes Film Festival at a recent screening.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit Hiroshima next month to honor the war dead ahead of the 80th anniversary of th ...

Production of the WWII atomic bomb was “need to know”, limited to physicists and engineers for security.  The two fission bombs immediately killed about a quarter million Japanese.

Christopher Nolan is one of the most successful modern directors, but has one film that should be deleted from cinema forever.

NSF investments have made America and American science great. At least 268 Nobel laureates received NSF grants during their careers. The foundation has partnered with agencies acr ...

Many scientists contributed but he was the one who, as a young physicist, designed the world’s most powerful weapon. He also advised a dozen presidents.

Prinz Eugen was a marvel of German naval engineering from the 1930s, renowned for her advanced design and capabilities. She ...

Europe celebrated the end of World War II, but the conflict continued fiercely in the Pacific, where Japan remained defiant. The United States prepared for a potential invasion of Japan's home islands ...

A bill expanding the state’s ability to find radioactive contamination in the St. Louis region is on its way to Missouri ...

The U.S. Navy dropped nuclear bombs on its own ships loaded with rats and other animals to see the effect of nuclear weapons ...

Tsutomu Yamaguchi's story is the subject of author Charles Pellegrino's new book "Ghosts of Hiroshima," which is due to hit ...