Hydrogen bombs cause a bigger explosion, which means the shock waves, blast, heat and radiation all have larger reach than an atomic bomb, according to Edward Morse, a professor of nuclear engineering ...
Amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East that has led to the death of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, and three American soldiers, a video has been circulating on social media ...
A US official says a seismic station in Kazakhstan collected evidence of an alleged China nuclear test at Lop Nur in June 2020.
Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...
Aug. 6 and Aug. 9 are the 80th anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The killing of 140,000 civilians at Hiroshima was the effect of detonating a 60 million-degree ...
Right now, there are over 400 nuclear power plants operating in 20 countries. Could they be ticking time bombs? Possibly ...
LOS ALAMOS — A sphere of plutonium the size of a grapefruit contains enough energy to erase an entire city from existence. That single fact explains why nuclear weapons remain humanity’s most feared ...
From Trinity’s fallout to a New Mexico school underground, “Nuclear Family” traces how the bomb reshaped one family and a ...