At this point, Atomic Marvel said this would cause ‘light blast damage’ consisting of permanent blindness and burned retinas, thermal radiation pulse (2nd degree burns), and temporary or permanent ...

New scientific modeling reveals the shocking distances needed to survive a nuclear bomb explosion and its devastating effects ...

Project Cannikin was part of a series of nuclear tests aimed at testing the effects of underground nuclear detonations that ...

Alex Wellerstein joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about nuclear science. Which nations have nuclear bombs? Who decides who gets to have nuclear warheads and who doesn't? Why were ...

The 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is this week. It was the only time nuclear warheads were used during war. Here’s a look at the history and current U.S. stockpile.

In May 1945, near the end of World War II, Germany surrendered to the Allies but Japan refused. To end the war quickly, President Truman's government decided to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. On ...

Each day of war risks a strike on sites that could scatter radioactive material. Officials say one laboratory near the front ...

While Rahul used the metaphor to describe a political-cum-electoral expose, the phrase has drawn attention to the terrifying ...

The Senate nears another "nuclear" showdown as Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., channels the tactics of leadership past in ...