Saturday marks the 80th anniversary of the U.S. military's dropping of an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima ushered in the age of nuclear weapons. Following are some ...

The smell of burning flesh, unrecognisable bodies. More than 200,000 dead. Have we forgotten the sheer horror of August 1945?

ReadIt: Eighty years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the books that reveal the truth behind the mushroom clouds and why we must ...

Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging ...

Although the atomic bomb hasn't been used in war since it was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the possibility of its ...

It is an act of historical myopia to pretend that the atomic bombings were callous. They were the cost of hard-fought peace.

"As a little kid, you're just in awe that all these people want to see and talk to the man that tucked you in bed every night ...

BBC science reporter Esme Stallard explains why today there is no trace of radiation from the atomic explosions in 1945.

The United States dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II.

The Japanese city, on which America dropped the first atomic bomb near the end of World War II, is commemorating the ...

As Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the country's postwar identity is shifting.

Koko Kondo's story is one of choosing forgiveness over hate—and is a lesson for humanity, writes David Cavell.