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Some scientific anniversaries celebrate events so momentous that they capture the attention of many nonscientists as well — or even the entire world. One such anniversary is upon us. December 2 marks ...

During the early 1950s America went bonkers over the budding atomic age. The growth of Las Vegas, for example, was partially due to a new bomb-testing site situated 65 miles northwest of the gambling ...

IT has recently been shown that the number 1 of neutrons liberated 2 in the nuclear fission of a uranium nucleus is sufficiently high to make the realization of a self-perpetuating reaction chain seem ...

For the first time, human beings harnessed the power of atomic fission. Keith Ruffles, CC BY Meitner and Frisch were able to provide an explanation for what he saw that would revolutionize the field ...