The 1950s were an interesting time. The "Atomic Age" gave us everything from starburst clocks to the dread of nuclear annihilation and "duck and cover" drills in schools. It was whiplash — one minute ...

The nuclear craze after the end of World War II was more than a trope to be dissected by modern films and video games. At one point, starting nearly eight decades ago to the day, post-war America ...

In 1958, Ford unveiled one of the most ambitious and bizarre concept cars ever imagined — the Ford Nucleon, a vehicle powered not by gasoline, but by a miniature nuclear reactor in its trunk. Designed ...