Hiroshima

After analyzing data from the 1950s through 2019, an international team of scientists determined that the average temperature of the world's oceans in 2019 was 0.075 degrees Celsius (0.135 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than the 19812010 average. That might not …

The world's oceans were warmer in 2019 than at any time in recorded history, a new analysis confirms. Key points: The Earth's oceans absorbed the equivalent of about 394 million Hiroshima atomic bombs of extra energy last yearOcean warming …

Each piece of paper holds magic within it. It is amazing what it can turn into in the right hands, says Thiyaga Sekar as he fashions a paper crane at the Corporation Middle School, Krishnarayapuram. Students try to imitate his action and fold the colourful pa…

Robert ONeill, the Navy SEAL who famously killed Osama bin Laden, seems to be suggesting that Iran should be nuked. “Wanna know what Tehran and Hiroshima have in common?” O’Neill asked his Twitter followers on Tuesday night. “Nothing yet,” he answered himsel…

This year, millions of people around the world mobilised in protest to highlight the dire emergency facing our planet. Could 2019 prove to be the year when talk turned to action on the climate crisis? We looked back at some of the biggest stories of the yea…

In the throes of the Cold War, the Soviet Union was planning to test a massive nuclear bomb in the Arctic Circle. But in a letter to then-President John F. Kennedy, a young Michigan girl was most concerned about the North Poles most famous resident. Please …

BOSTON (AP) In the throes of the Cold War, the Soviet Union was planning to test a massive nuclear bomb in the Arctic Circle. But in a letter to then-President John F. Kennedy, a young Michigan girl was most concerned about the North Pole’s most famous resid…

Michelles parents frequently discussed current events with her. The height of the Cold War was nearing, and Americans were wary of what the Soviet Union was about to do next. Kennedy was advising families to build nuclear fallout shelters in case of an atomic…

Day 10 Hiroshima We're taking another Bullet Train today, and this time it will transport us to Hiroshima. This city is infamous as the target of the first-ever atomic bomb, dropped by the US at the end of the Second World War. You'll tour this rebuilt city …

A still from The Breast Milk of the Volcano by Unknown Fields.Credit: Unknown Fields Ecovisionaries Royal Academy of Arts, London. Until 23 February. Sustainability demands creative thinking. At the Royal Academy, architects, artists and designers are col…