Polite, Alsatian-born Dr. Hans A. Bethe, professor of theoretical physics at Cornell, worked three years on the atomic bomb. Last week he brought the Senate’s Atomic Energy Committee a relieving ...

As if regular spiders weren't inherently scary enough, 1955's Tarantula took that age-old fear of creepy crawly things and quite literally blew it up. Fueled by an altruistic spirit but lax on lab ...

Following up on her history of radium in “Half Lives” (2021), Lucy Jane Santos now focuses, in “Chain Reactions,” on the element that started this atomic revolution—uranium.

After World War II, atomic age design picked up where Streamline Moderne left off, according to Alessandra Wood, PhD, design historian and author of Designed to Sell: The Evolution of Modern ...

ATOMIC AGE: Nothing New; ATOMIC AGE: Nothing New. 3 minute read. TIME. June 23, 1947 12:00 AM GMT-4. ... Andrei Gromyko turned up that morning in what looked like a brand-new tropical suit.

The ’80s brought a new age of nuclear fear, as the U.S., under President Ronald Reagan, engaged Russia in a revamped arms race. Like 1964, 1983 proved to be an eventful year for atomic cinema.

Explore the greatest sci-fi titles that emerged amidst rock, roll, and the Golden Age in our round-up of the best 50s sci-fi movies.

Perhaps the first hero of the atomic age, there is a Headline Comics #18 (Prize, 1946) Condition: GD featuring an Atomic Man cover up for auction in the 2023 April 9-11 Sunday, Monday & Tuesday ...

An overlooked issue from the atomic age, there's a high-grade Captain Science #6 (Youthful Magazines, 1951) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages up for auction in the 2024 May 30 Adventures in the ...

The film “Oppenheimer” has reminded several islanders about the atomic tests that were visible in Hawaii skies in the 1950s and 1960s. The tests were high in the atmosphere and, despite the ...

Aug. 1 marks the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946. Here's a quiz all about the atomic age to test your knowledge.