When Donald Trump claimed US scientists split the atom in his inaugural speech, even he could not have imagined the chain reaction of online debate his boast would cause. Many of those leaping on ...

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

Physicists from both New Zealand and Britain have been credited with splitting the atom — but there is consensus that it was ...

The recent inaugural address of President Donald Trump has sparked a heated debate over the origins of a groundbreaking scientific achievement: splitting the atom. Trump's claim that American ...

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

Among other false and misleading claims in US President Donald Trump’s inaugural address on Monday, his declaration that Americans “split the atom” prompted vexed social media posts by New Zealanders, ...

Nelson, New Zealand, Mayor Nick Smith corrected President Donald Trump’s inaugural speech when it came to who gets credit for splitting the atom. Trump made a claim Monday that an American split ...

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 ...

A small town mayor in New Zealand has picked a nuclear fight with Donald Trump, after the freshly sworn-in U.S. president heaped praise on American scientists for splitting the atom. The mayor of ...

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 ...