Bae Kyung-mi was five years old when the Americans dropped "Little Boy", the atomic bomb that flattened Hiroshima on August 6 ...

People with radiation poisoning will generally show skin damage within a few hours of exposure. This can include swelling, itching and a redness of the skin, similar to a sunburn.

Following are some facts about the bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima and a second attack on Nagasaki three days later ...

In the 80 years since, nuclear weapons have not been detonated again in anger even though the possessor states have swelled ...

A silent prayer was held in Japan on Wednesday morning as it marked 80 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb ...

Orion’s orientation during flight affected radiation exposure, which dropped by half when the spacecraft made a 90-degree turn flying past the inner Van Allen belt.

Police detected polonium-210 on the couch where he had slept. Radiation was also found at a flat belonging to Kovtun's former mother-in-law, just outside Hamburg. Conflicting reports Kovtun in a coma ...