Hiroshima

2004: I saw the nuclear plant from the window of the plane. We arrive in a small village, where an improvised museum was created. A sleepy young man take the five people to a room where there arte some artifacts, masks, and a projector connected to an old tel…

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY In May, there were reports that a “nuclear coffin” in the Marshall Islands is ready to crack open and leak radioactive fallout into the Pacific Ocean. Now there is an equally alarming report that Researchers at Columbia University…

A huge asteroid named 2019 NJ2 with a diameter of nearly 2017 feet will move towards Earth today. According to the NASAs CNEOS(Center For Near Earth Studies), asteroid 2019 NJ2, will reach its closes distance to Earth today at 7.53 pm (Standard Time). Repor…

Mr. Straight Arrow: The Career of John Hersey, Author of Hiroshima Jeremy Treglown Farrar, Straus and Giroux Apr 2019 Other There are, it could be said, two elements that distinguish the master journalist. First, the material they write must speak to…

A number of monstrous asteroids have flown by Earth recently, including the 2008 KV2 and 2006 QV89 making headlines for the possibility of them hitting Earth. Now, another giant space body is all set to approach our planet today and will reach the closest dis…

TOKYO (AP) — Few paid much attention when Mikio Oda won Japan’s first Olympic gold medal — and Asia’s first individual gold medal — way back at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. There was no podium ceremony. That protocol was introduced in 1932 at the Winter Game…

It sounds vaguely science fiction but actually, dark tourism is visiting destinations that are also sites where catastrophic, monumental and terrible events have taken place. These locations attract millions of tourists each year, some hoping to be better in…

To the hundreds of young fans gathered at the San Diego Public Library to hear her speak, Raina Telgemeier is that rare superstar whose books recounting her adolescent insecurities reflect their own personal struggles. And so in this standing-room only spotli…

Think of the most radioactive landscapes on the planet and the names Chernobyl and Fukushima may come to mind. Yet research published Monday suggests that parts of the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific, where the United States conducted 67 nuclear test…

North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that the country might resume nuclear and missile tests in response to the United States’ scheduled military drills with South Korea this summer. The statement published on the official Korean Central News Agenc…