The big thinkers at Aperture reveal the hidden and dark aspects of the Manhattan Project.

In Part 1 of this series, I recalled being asked to provide information on why the Manhattan Project was so successful. I compared the timelines for the X-10 Graphite Reactor (nine months) to the ...

This month marks the 80th anniversary of the Trinity Test, the detonation of a plutonium device known as “the Gadget” in the Southern New Mexico desert. The test, which sent a giant mushroom cloud ...

Press Play with Madeleine Brand America built the atom bomb in enormous, secret cities Building atom bombs was a feat rivaling the science behind them. The Manhattan Project oversaw hundreds of ...