Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb? Oppenheimer’s name has become “a metaphor for mass death beneath a mushroom cloud,” in the words of Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin ...

Today’s tech titans have a chutzpah reminiscent of the scientists behind the atomic bomb.

I remember the government conducted Civil Defense drills in my school. We were told to climb under our school desks, duck ...

A proposal to rename a New York street after the so-called father of the atomic bomb is raising eyebrows.Long Island’s Frank ...

The film follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the U.S. physicist who led the Manhattan Project to develop the world's first atomic bomb during World War II. Although the project was ...

I remember the government conducted Civil Defense drills in my school. We were told to climb under our school desks, duck down, and cover our heads. We might have survived a bomb blast but the ...

In this ninth installment of several articles covering the life and accomplishments of Nichols, we learn of methods used by ...

The ancient Irish name seemed to be on everyone's lips as the film "Oppenheimer" became a blockbuster ... but it was the epic drama of the atomic bomb that ignited a star. As we told you last ...

“ Christopher Nolan ’s next film ‘The Odyssey’ is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology,” said the studio. “The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX ...

Show more German-born physicist Klaus Fuchs played a key role in the development of the first atomic bomb during World ... was led by scientist J Robert Oppenheimer at Los Alamos in the US.