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Here's a look at the most powerful nuclear weapons ever detonated — specifically explosions that exceeded 10 megatons.

Uranium is a naturally radioactive element. It powers nuclear reactors and atomic bombs.

Groundbreaking director Christopher Nolan is returning to the backdrop of WWII with his...

Oak Ridge TN was crucial in the development of the nuclear bomb during WWII. HowStuffWorks goes into the secret city.

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Editor’s note: The Journal continues “What’s in a Name?,” a twice a month column in which staff writer Elaine Briseño will give a short history of how places in New Mexico got their names. The main gate at Los Alamos National Laboratory during the atomic bomb era. (Courtesy of Los Alamos National Laboratory) Los Alamos Ranch School emerged atop the Pajarito plateau in...