Boomers grew up crouching under their school desks as a futile technique of protecting themselves from atomic bombs; Gen-Xers grew up with both the understanding that “duck and cover” drills were a ...

Ciera Horton McElroy's "Atomic Family." Readers can catch McElroy on a virtual panel, “What’s New in Historical Fiction,” on February 27 or in person for a signing and conversation at Left Bank Books ...

A similar tooth collection, from a boy whose father works in a nuclear plant, is a key plot point in “Atomic Family,” an impressive debut novel by St. Louis author Ciera Horton McElroy. Set in South ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. NAGASAKI, Japan — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family paid their respects Friday to the victims of the atomic ...

McElroy’s powerful debut evokes the atmosphere of early 1960s American Cold War anxiety with the tragic story of a family living near a South Carolina bomb plant. Dean Porter is a lead scientist at ...

Do you know what we did with nuclear waste in the 1960s? We buried it. In the ground. Literally. Scientists with doctorates in soil science were commissioned to find the right place and just the right ...