For example, the Googie architecture, amoeba-shaped furniture, and space cars seen on The Jetsons referenced both atomic and Space Age designs—which makes sense, given the cartoon’s original ...

A black-and-white photo of a Las Vegas dancer posing in a mushroom-cloud swimsuit became iconic of America's "atomic age," but for decades her identity was unknown. The mystery has finally been ...

The atomic age was described as one that might soon end in the destruction of human civilization, but from the beginning, utopian images were attached to it as well. Nuclear technology offered the ...