This month marks the 70th anniversary of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, written in the wake of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, when the U.S. and Soviet Union were racing to ...

In 1947, Kix cereal ran a promotion for an "Atomic Bomb Ring" that contained radioactive polonium-210, one of the deadliest ...

I was standing at Trinity, ground zero, where the first atomic bomb exploded at 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945. Seismographs in Tucson detected the explosion from 280 miles away.

Toys in cereal boxes aren't very common today, but they used to be the best part of every box. Ever wonder how much those ...

E. Tammy Kim reviews “Korean Nuclear Diaspora,” by Yuko Takahashi, a new ethnography of Korean survivors of the atomic-bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War.

After a 25-year investigation, historian Robert Friedrichs identified Anna Lee Mahoney as Miss Atomic Bomb.

He tracked down the photographer from that famous photoshoot and interviewed former showgirls who confirmed Miss Atomic Bomb's stage name. But the woman's real name still eluded him.

He tracked down the photographer from that famous photoshoot and interviewed former showgirls who confirmed Miss Atomic Bomb’s stage name. But the woman’s real name still eluded him.

The Miss Atomic Bomb photo played a key role in shaping Las Vegas’ identity as a city of fantasy and spectacle. Yet little was known about the star — until now.

Who is 'Miss Atomic Bomb'? A historian searched for 25 years for the answer By Rio Yamat, Associated Press Sunday, June 1, 2025 | 2 a.m.