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How To Build An Atomic Bomb (With CGI)
Just watching this VFX breakdown of a nuclear explosion will make you hide under your desk, '50s nuclear apocalypse style.
America's Nuclear Weapons Scientists Are Stressed and Sad
Maybe they can find other work in North Korea or Iran or something?
Since Hiroshima, We've Built 125,000 More Nuclear Bombs
Many of those have been dismantled since we hit peak nuke in the Cold War—but not enough.
The Ill-Conceived Manhattan Project National Park Is Not Going to Be Built
I think a lot of people wish the invention of the atomic bomb is something we could all take back. It's not necessarily a realistic thought -- there's always the argument that _someone_ would have eventually developed one -- but the AEC's insane...
The U.S. Dropped Nukes On Beer, and It Was a Good Idea Too
Is bottled beer nuclear bombproof? The United States government conducted a couple tests in the 1950s to find out—it exploded nuclear bombs with "packaged commercial beverages" deposited at varying distances from the blast center to see if beer and...
The U.S. Once Dropped an Atomic Bomb on a South Carolina Town
In March 1958, an American B-47E bomber flying en route to Britain dropped its payload -- an _atomic bomb_ similar to the infamous Fat Boy -- on Florence, South Carolina. Yes, you read that right. Luckily, only six people were injured. No one died.