The tale of splitting the atom isn't just about America—it's a journey from New Zealand to Manchester, led by the brilliant ...

The mayor of Nelson in New Zealand's South Island seized on the subatomic slight, pointing out that work to split the atom was actually pioneered by Kiwi-born physicist Ernest Rutherford.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Among other false and misleading claims in U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration addresses on Tuesday, his declaration that Americans “split the atom ...

to visit the Lord Rutherford Memorial in Brightwater "so we can keep the historic record on who split the atom first accurate". Atoms split naturally, but in 1919, Rutherford oversaw the first ...

In his inauguration speech, President Donald Trump claimed an American first split the atom. A New Zealand mayor immediately disputed.

Donald Trump angered New Zealanders on his first day in office when he asserted that America split the atom, something that Sir Ernest Rutherford accomplished. Donald Trump angered New Zealanders ...

Scientists based in Manchester, not the US, made the "key breakthrough" in splitting the atom, despite Donald ... who demonstrated atoms could be split during experiments at Victoria University ...