atomic
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Well, when it was founded in 1945 the technology that could end civilization, at least globally, was nuclear atomic weapons, and that’s what the scientists who founded the Bulletin were concerned about.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026
But the world, as any scientist probing into the atomic level can attest, contains more secrets than meets the eye.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
France wants its next-generation jets to be able to operate from its naval aircraft carriers and potentially carry French atomic weapons.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
She’s played everyone from Mary Poppins to the volatile but brilliant wife of the atomic bomb’s inventor, earning an Oscar nod for Oppenheimer in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
“Sundays, holidays, vacation time,” says the narrator, “we must be ready every day, all the time, to do the right thing if the atomic bomb explodes.”
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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