The young ginkgo tree inside the San Diego Botanic Garden now carries that history in its DNA, as well as a symbol of sowing peace between two nations.

Making the sixth of August a national holiday might be seem wildly inappropriate. The memory of mass death ought not be celebrated, let alone create an occasion to go to the beach. But it would not be ...

It has been 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and western Massachusetts residents marked that dark time in U.S. history with a ceremony calling for peace.

"This weapon has not gone away, right? If anything, our capacity of countries who have nuclear development, the capacity to engage in nuclear harm has only gotten greater, and so the responsibility ...

Eighty years after the world witnessed the first atomic bombs dropped in Japan, survivors of the bombing gathered at a ceremony in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park Japanese Tea Garden to commemorate ...

The dropping of these bombs led to the end of WWII.

It started in secrecy and ended with a mushroom cloud. The daughter of Manhattan Project technician shares what it meant to be raised in the long shadow of the Manhattan Project.

As the world marks 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, calls for nuclear disarmament are growing louder, but so ...

As part of an annual memorial ceremony, thousands gathered at the Hiroshima Peace Park in Japan on Aug. 6 to commemorate the ...

Dozens of people — including peace activists, members of faith groups, and musicians — gathered on Wednesday to raise alarm ...

August 6, 1945, marked a significant milestone in world history — on this day, the U.S. detonated the first atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima, Japan.

On August 6, 2025, Hiroshima, Japan, held a lantern ceremony to mark 80 years since the bombing. Thousands gathered at Peace ...