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

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 ...

Garret Graff’s “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky” and Iain MacGregor’s “The Hiroshima Men.” ...

Science in ancient Egypt and Greece followed a similar pattern: It thrived during good times and fell off in periods of plague, chaos, and impoverishment. But not every case of scientific decline has ...

A dawn ceremony is planned for Aug. 6, as Oak Ridge remembers the dropping of the first atomic bomb in 1945.

On June 23, 1944, the Japanese submarine I-52 sailed through the mid-Atlantic with a mission that could shift the tides of ...

Opinion: 80 years later, there is no certainty another approach would have abruptly ended hostilities and spared substantial American lives.

The White House has now fully embraced bomb-prone nuclear fuel technology. This should stop before an arms race, atomic ...

To contend with accidental undersea cable breaks and possible sabotage, the United States and allies must expand their repair ...