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2017
May 2017
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Was the first history of the atomic bomb biased towards physics to avoid public associations with chemical weapons? My take on a recent article.
2016
April 2016
22
Visions
What do the shapes of nuclear weapons reveal, and what do they hide?
2015
September 2015
 8
News and Notes
Richard Hewlett, the first official historian of the Atomic Energy Commission, has died at the age of 92.
March 2015
27
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The US government has once again created a headache for itself in trying to censor information about the hydrogen bomb.
January 2015
16
 9Oppenheimer photo courtesy of the of the Emilio Segrè Visual Archive; photo of the hearing transcript by Alex Wellerstein.
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In October 2014, the lost Oppenheimer security hearing transcripts were released. This is the story behind the story.
2014
September 2014
 5
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When the head of the Manhattan Project had questions about the history of the atomic bomb, he had a special, secret place to look for answers.
2013
April 2013
12
Meditations | Redactions
Blacking something out is only a step away from highlighting its importance, and the void makes us curious.
2012
June 2012
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Hans Bethe on why it was safe to declassify Project SUNSHINE, a study of the global effects of nuclear fallout.
May 2012
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Why praise of Operation Argus gives me the willies.
February 2012
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The story behind the broadcast of the first hydrogen bomb test -- two years after it happened.
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An engineer close to the development of the atom bomb considers the relative risks and benefits of declassifying the concept of "implosion."
January 2012
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One of the most famous documents of the nuclear age was actually censored when it was first released. Find out what was removed, and why.
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