BOSTON (AP) — A watch melted during the Aug. 6, 1945, bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, has sold for more than $31,000 at auction. The watch is frozen in time at the moment of the detonation of an atomic bomb over the Japanese city — 8:15 a.m. — during the closing days of World War ll, […]
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The inside of a dead star might look like a gigantic atomic nucleus
Scientists may be closer than ever to cracking the mystery of what lies deep beneath the surface of dead, ultradense stars called neutron stars. A new supercomputer analysis of neutron stars has revealed that there’s between an 80% and 90% chance that these bodies have cores packed with free quarks, which are fundamental, subatomic particles […]
Kim Jong Un Pledges to Advance His Atomic Ambitions in New Year
(Bloomberg) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s plans for the New Year include pressing forward with his nuclear arms program and potentially deeper ties with Russia. Most Read from Bloomberg That’s according to an address he gave at a major policy-setting meeting attended by top cadres from his ruling party. “He set forth the […]
‘Atomic bomb’ remark for Shohei Ohtani’s secret free agency meetings draws heat to radio legend
Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo, a sports radio legend and ESPN personality, took some heat over a comment he made when talking about Shohei Ohtani’s free agency. Ohtani has not chosen a team yet and reportedly has preferred to keep his meetings with baseball executives private as he goes through the process. The procedure has ruffled […]