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The Manhattan Project's massive effort to build the first atomic bomb led to the Trinity test on July 16, 1945 and inspired innovations and actions that continue to cascade through science and culture.
A new study shows how self-imposed COVID prevention measures like hand-washing and mask-wearing work to prevent a large outbreak -- if they happen fast.
The potentially world-destroying power of the atomic bomb moved many scientists to engage more directly with the public, an effort that continues to this day.
Movies, music and even candy wrappers helped people process what it meant to put the powers of gods in human hands.
The Manhattan Project resulted in reactions both new and unforeseen.
Isotopes produced in the original Manhattan Project reactors seeded decades of research and even a few Nobel Prizes.
A selection of women and people of color who achieved remarkable things in science after working on the Manhattan Project.
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