Historian Alex Wellerstein has thought about nuclear secrecy for a long time. He began writing his book, Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States, when George W. Bush was ...

Warning: Minor spoilers ahead for Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer", which has 13 Oscar nominations. J. Robert Oppenheimer was an immensely complex figure, and the movie's based on a biography of him.

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Imagine a 150-kiloton nuclear bomb exploded in the city closest to you. Do you know how the city, its surrounding region, and its inhabitants would be affected? If you can't think of much more than "a ...

President Truman only received partial and misleading information ahead of the atomic bombing of Japan, according to this sensational account from historian Wellerstein (Restricted Data). Truman ...

A declassified memorandum revealed a 1963 US plan to create an alternative to the Suez Canal. It would have excavated more than 160 miles through Israel's Negev desert with nuclear bombs. A cargo ship ...

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