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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Oppenheimer’s second coming

By Gregory Kulacki | Nuclear Weapons

Widening the field of view on ‘Oppenheimer’

By Robert J. Goldston | Nuclear Weapons

Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’: an artistic visual tapestry of the bomb’s science and power intricacies

By Lovely Umayam | Nuclear Weapons

‘Oppenheimer’ depicts a man becoming powerful—and irrelevant

By Laura Grego | Nuclear Weapons

What Oppenheimer can teach the new generations about nuclear weapons

By Magritte Gordaneer | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

‘Oppenheimer’, the bomb, and arms control, then and now

By Daryl G. Kimball | Nuclear Weapons

A Manhattan Project historian comments on ‘Oppenheimer’

By Chris Griffith | Nuclear Weapons

Thought-provoked by ‘Oppenheimer’

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Weapons

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The nuclear death toll is still contested as the G7 meets in Hiroshima

By Alex Wellerstein | Nuclear Weapons

In memoriam: Some of our decades of coverage of the atomic bombings of Japan

By | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A choir of Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) sing "Never Again." Hiroshima-Nagasaki 2012. Credit: The Official CTBTO Photostream. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

As atomic bomb survivors age, they’re motivating the next generation on disarmament

By Masako Toki | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Atomic Bomb Dome in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Credit: Michael Helmer. Public domain image accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

In an era of climate change and COVID, Hiroshima reminds us of another existential threat.

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion