Because there are things about the Manhattan Project that really are inspiring, but also encourage them to think really critically about other aspects of the history that they’re learning here.

There were at least 19 Black scientists and technicians who worked on the Manhattan Project. Their contributions helped develop the atomic bombs used to end World War II, but many didn't know the ...

The legacy of the Manhattan Project remains mixed, Sayward says. The bombs dropped in Japan killed more than 129,000 people — most of them civilians.

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Leading up to the the very first atomic explosion in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Manhattan Project scientists took bets on the possibility that the detonation might ignite the atmosphere and destroy ...

Women's History Month: The legacy of female scientists on the Manhattan Project "It's such an interesting legacy, to see how it's developed and how it's ongoing," Mary Scales, acting site manager ...

Then again, also like Oppenheimer, Bohr’s legacy is also colored because of his involvement in the Manhattan Project — and, by extension, all of the horrors wrought by the birth of nuclear ...

The plutonium refined at the site as part of World War II’s Manhattan Project fueled the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, and much of the stockpile of nuclear weapons created during the ...

How much Manhattan Project radioactive waste is left in Oak Ridge? ... a contractor sent out to Y-12 to examine a legacy site touched a pipe so rusty it broke apart and mercury began dribbling out.

Aug. 8—Experience a historic adventure that extends beyond the Academy Award-winning film at Oppenheimer Festival 2024. The festival, which is in its second year, takes place Saturday, Aug. 10 ...