In simple terms, that assertion is correct, but for those with an expertise in the field, the longer answer to who did it ...

British philosopher Bertrand Russell said of the difference between our physical world experience and the scientific world of continually changing matter, “There is … some conflict between what common ...

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

After President Trump's claim, a mayor in New Zealand pointed out that work to split the atom was actually pioneered by ...

A New Zealand mayor has invited the American ambassador for a history lesson, after US President Donald Trump appeared to ...

A small town mayor in New Zealand has picked a nuclear fight with Donald Trump, after the freshly sworn-in US president ...

Nick Smith, the mayor of Nelson, challenged Trump’s claim Americans split the atom, stating the feat was actually achieved by ...

The famous second law of thermodynamics says that the world gets more and more disordered when random chance is at play. Or, ...

Credited with splitting the nucleus of an atom during experiments at the ... reaction by bombarding nitrogen nuclei with alpha particles," Smith said. He added that he would invite the incoming ...

Scientists based in Manchester, not the US, made the "key breakthrough" in splitting the atom, despite Donald Trump's claims ...

Once a year, the Large Hadron Collider smashes lead ions. But how do scientists get a heavy metal into a particle accelerator ...