• Manhattan Project Cleanup Investigation

Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, the new director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, N.J., is shown in front of a blackboard full of mathematical formulas, Dec. 17, 1947. (AP Photo) 

Dig reveals Manhattan Project pieces

Unless you're a pigeon, most landfills are not very interesting. But when the landfill is in Los Alamos, ground zero for the start of the atomic age, and contains pieces of the Manhattan Project, it becomes more intriguing.

  • Historical Video

Video: The Town That Never Was

This film has been playing at the Bradbury Science Museum every 20 minutes or so…

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  • A Look Through History

Photos: Testing the bomb in Los Alamos

The development of the atomic bomb took place in Los Alamos, New Mexico.

  • Los Alamos Site Map

Map: Los Alamos bomb site

Map shows the residential community and the technical installations at the bomb site.

  • Los Alamos Tech Map

Map: Los Alamos tech area

Map shows where the labs and warehouses were during the Project.

  • How Much Do You Know?

Quiz: Test your nuclear knowledge

See how much you know about the most powerful destructive force that mankind has…

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  • On Special Assignment Investigations

Martinez puts 'For Sale' sign on jet

It was the center of controversy in the race for New Mexico governor. Gov. …

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