Next week marks 80 years since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Garrett Graff about his book "The Devil Reached Toward The Sky," which recounts the bomb's creation.

On the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the impact on Japanese people cannot be ignored.

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A blast at the ‘96 Olympics, and the bomber slips away. Two more bombs. A photo of the suspect so grainy the FBI called him ...