In Tales of Militant Chemistry, Alice Lovejoy traces how film giants Kodak and Agfa helped produce weapons of war during the 20th century.

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This month marks the solemn 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the first and only time nuclear weapons have been used in war. In 1962, Trappist monk and social justice and ...

“In a world rife with geopolitical tensions and mistrust, this is a recipe for annihilation." It’s high time, very high time. Indeed, we’re now on borrowed time. This past Friday, President Trump ...

Invited guests carry bouquets of flowers to lay at the Memorial Cenotaph during the Peace Memorial Ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bomb attack, in the city of ...

Human judgement remains central to the launch of nuclear weapons. But experts say it’s a matter of when, not if, artificial intelligence will get baked into the world’s most dangerous systems.

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Wednesday marks the 80th anniversary of when the U.S. employed the first ever nuclear bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, followed by the bombing of Nagasaki three days later on Aug. 9. But ...

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Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. While the end result was many Japanese dead, the stated ...

“First we got the bomb and that was good/ ‘Cause we love peace and motherhood/ Then Russia got the bomb, but that’s OK/ ‘Cause the balance of power’s maintained that way/ Who’s next?” So sang musical ...