The Manhattan Project that built the atomic bomb wasn't without its own dangers. Experiments on a so-called "demon core" of plutonium caused the deaths of two Manhattan Project physicists. Both ...

Harry Daghlian and Louis Slotin were two of many people who worked on the Manhattan Project. They might not be household names, but we believe they are the poster children for safety procedures. And ...

Seeing the siblings’ resolve sparked a flame of hope in Giyu’s heart as he believed they were different from the others. He guided Tanjiro to the path of becoming a Demon Slayer, and the story ...

After Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a third plutonium core was prepared for potential use against Japan. Instead, it remained in US custody and became infamous for two deadly laboratory accidents that ...

(via Kyle Hill) In Russia in 1997, an unfortunate technician answered the question, “what would have happened if the ‘Demon Core’ was never stopped in 1946?” This episode of [HALF-LIFE HISTORIES] ...

Nuclear fission is a powerful phenomenon. When the conditions are right, atomic nuclei split, releasing neutrons that then split other nuclei in an ongoing chain reaction that releases enormous ...