JJ Thomson’s discovery of the electron in 1897 reshaped physics forever. Honoured with the 1906 Nobel Prize, he mentored eight Nobel laureates at Cambridge, including his own son, leaving a legacy ...

Doves are released over the Peace Statue in Nagasaki during a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Saturday in Japan. (Kotaro Ueda/Kyodo News via AP) Kotaro Ueda / AP ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan – Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors expressing frustration about the growing ...

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Catholic Church must renew its commitment to nonviolence, disarmament and lasting peace, said U.S.

Looking out over the skyline of Hiroshima, 96-year-old Junji Sarashina points out places from his childhood. "That was my grade school. Not too far from here," he tells his granddaughter, showing her ...

August 6, 1945 marked the beginning of the end of World War II when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima *** short time ago, an American airplane dropped one bomb ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors expressing frustration about the growing ...