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Nuclear weapons tests: The physics that makes them so hard to hide

Nuclear weapons tests are among the most violent events humans can trigger, and that violence leaves fingerprints in the ...
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Here’s how big our nuclear arsenal is 80 years after the first atomic bomb

The 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is this week. It was the only time nuclear warheads were used during war. Here’s a look at the history and current U.S. stockpile.
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Sound effects: New York: La Guardia Airport, broadcast on Atomic bomb [sound recording]

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Truman never ordered the use of the atomic bombs—but he did order atomic bombings to be stopped

When it comes to marking anniversaries of the atomic bomb, there are a few obvious choices. July 16, 1945, was the date of the Trinity test, the first nuclear explosion, and has been used by some as ...