At 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, the course of World War II and the history of Japan changed when the US military dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Now, on the 81 st anniversary of the bombing, an ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The scene of destruction after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945.Universal History Archive/Universal Images ...

Mixed in with the ordinary sand on the beaches of Hiroshima Bay are tiny glass beads, easy to overlook unless you know what to look for. Some are round. Others have fused together or carry thin tails, ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan — More than 50,000 people gathered at this city’s Peace Memorial Park on Thursday to remember the victims of the world’s first atomic bombing and hear a renewed appeal for world ...

The immense suffering that the Japanese are enduring in the aftermath of their earthquake and tsunami is now compounded by torment over radiation releases from the Fukushima nuclear plant. Setsuko ...

A metallic alloy found in the sands of Hiroshima Bay has never been seen before. The material is a product of metals vaporized by the heat of the atomic bomb dropped on the city, condensing together ...

When an atomic bomb detonates, it produces a unique chemical environment that’s nearly impossible to mimic in a lab—and amid its destruction, the explosion can create something completely new. A ...

It was a rare Earth metal. Often cited among the most destructive forces in history, the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945 also gave rise to a rare metal never seen on Earth, per a ...

In August 1945, the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- the only recorded use of nuclear weapons ...

TOKYO, March 17 (Reuters) - Shigeaki Mori, the survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing whom former U.S. President Barack Obama embraced during a historic visit to the ‌city in 2016, has died at 88, ...

The scene of destruction after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945.Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images On August 6, 1945, a 10-foot-long uranium bomb ...