Asian Games: Hiroshima hosts flame-lighting event for torch relay

A flame-lighting ceremony for the torch relay of the upcoming Asian Games was staged in Hiroshima on Thursday, following a ...

The US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on this day in 1945. Haunting photos show what happened.

On August 6, 1945, a 10-foot-long uranium bomb called "Little Boy" was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

Here's what Hiroshima looks like today, 81 years after the atomic bomb

On August 6, 1945 — 81 years ago — the US bomber Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in military combat on the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Hiroshima Atomic Bombing Birthed a Strange, Never-Before-Seen Material, According to a New Study

The devastating blast vaporized buildings, metal, glass, soil and water. When the substances cooled and condensed, the ...
Interesting Engineering on MSNOpinion

Hiroshima marks 81 years since atomic bombing with renewed plea for nuclear-free world

Japan has marked the 81st anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing with renewed calls ...

Hiroshima marks 81st atomic bomb anniversary as mayor deplores the pursuit of nuclear weapons

Too many leaders still consider nuclear deterrence a realistic approach, said Mayor Kazumi Matsui, whose Japanese city was ...

Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II. Here's where the plane is now.

Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II, is now a museum exhibit.

Hiroshima survivor shares his story 81 years after the atomic bomb was dropped

A local man who was just seven years old when he survived the Hiroshima bombing is sharing his story, as it's his mission to ...
Council on Foreign Relations

The Bombing of Hiroshima

The decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima continues to stir debate today.
Scientific American

The Hiroshima atomic bombing created a bizarre new material. Scientists just discovered it

The extreme conditions of atomic bomb explosions create “uncontrolled microexperiments” that, in Hiroshima, forged a never-before-seen metallic alloy ...
The World on MSNOpinion

A Hiroshima survivor’s lost memoir

Today marks 81 years since the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing tens of thousands ...
The Nation

The Anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Have Special Meaning in a World Out of Control

As the last US-Russia nuclear arms control treaty expires, the anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki carry renewed urgency for a world edging toward a new arms race. This August marks yet another ...