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81 years ago today, a 21-kiloton test in the New Mexico desert gave humanity the power to destroy itself — and in the eight decades since, no two nuclear-armed po…

On July 16, 1945, in a stretch of New Mexico desert called the Jornada del Muerto, scientists of the Manhattan Project ...

Trinity at 81: How the first atomic test ushered in the nuclear age

In 1945, the Trinity test signified the beginning of the nuclear age and marked the successful output of the Manhattan ...

Groups come together for 81st anniversary of Trinity bomb detonation

This week marks 81 years since the Trinity bomb detonated in New Mexico. To commemorate the lives the fallout left on ...
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80 years since the Trinity test: Oak Ridge’s role in the Manhattan Project

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — Wednesday marks 80 years since the Manhattan Project‘s Trinity test, and the American Nuclear Society is ...
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Victims of world’s first nuclear test to be compensated after 80-year wait

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the U.S. military detonated the world's first nuclear weapon near New Mexico’s Jornada del Muerto desert in 1945, people ...
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80 years after 'Trinity,' Catholic-hosted gathering calls to abolish nuclear weapons

Representatives of various groups, including one that earned a Nobel Peace Prize, gathered at an interfaith event in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to call for nuclear disarmament worldwide. Hosted by the ...
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Eighty Years After the First Nuke Test, the World Is at a Dangerous Crossroads

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81 Years After Trinity Test, AI Adds New Danger to Nuclear Risk

Years After Trinity Test, AI Adds New Danger to Nuclear Risk. Eighty-one years after the United States detonated the world's ...
Democracy Now

New Release of Bob Dylan’s “Hard Rain” as Nobel Winners Warn of Nuclear Risk on Trinity Test 80th Anniversary

On July 16, 1945, the United States carried out the Trinity test, the world’s first nuclear detonation. Today, 80 years later, the University of Chicago — the site of the first self-sustaining nuclear ...
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July 16 in History: Trinity Test, Apollo 11 Launch and Other Turning Points

July 16 history spans Trinity Test, Apollo 11, Great Schism, Maracanazo, The Catcher in the Rye, and notable births and ...
CounterPunch

Trinity Bomb Test — Risking Doomsday They Lit the Match Anyway

The U.S. scientists who tested the first atomic bomb, July 16, 1945, took the ultimate gamble of setting the atmosphere on fire and destroying all life on Earth. When Robert Oppenheimer, the civilian ...
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80 years after Trinity, how do we feel today about nuclear power?

Color photo of the mushroom cloud from the Trinity Test in 1945, taken by Jack Aeby Eighty years ago Wednesday, on July 16, 1945, the world changed forever when the first atomic bomb was detonated in ...