Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recently, I have been asked to provide information on why the Manhattan Project was able to be so successful in a very short time ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This month marks the 80th anniversary of the Trinity Test, the detonation of a plutonium device known as "the Gadget" in the ...

Some of the sites of the Manhattan Project, which led to the development of the atomic bomb during World War II, may become a national park. The U.S. government is considering a proposal to turn three ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — The Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Oak Ridge is looking for people interested in helping ring the International Friendship Bell at Bissell Park to commemorate the ...

In Part 1 of this series, I recalled being asked to provide information on why the Manhattan Project was so successful. I compared the timelines for the X-10 Graphite Reactor (nine months) to the ...

“History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce.” Marx’s aphorism feels newly prescient. Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy issued a jingoistic call on social media for a “new Manhattan ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — Wednesday marks 80 years since the Manhattan Project‘s Trinity test, and the American Nuclear Society is commemorating Oak Ridge’s role in bringing World War II to an end.

Recently, I have been asked to provide information on why the Manhattan Project was able to be so successful in a very short time compared to what folks envision can be done with a similar project in ...