Next time, it could be an instrument in the hands of an irrational regime, or rival nation bent on the destruction of ...

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

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.

Roald Sagdeev has already watched one scientific empire rot from the inside. When Sagdeev began his career, in 1955, science ...

The 80th anniversary of the Owl Bar and Café was celebrated not just as a milestone for the restaurant — but as a tribute to the people who made it what it is. Janice Baca Argabright, had a career as ...

On May 22, 1957, a B-36 bomber, piloted by Captain Richard Meyer, experienced an unprecedented mishap that resulted in the ...

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 ...