French President Emmanuel Macron announced the extension of France’s nuclear deterrent to eight European nations, alongside the expansion of France’s ...

One food may actually protect against the effects of radiation from an atomic bomb, according to research and stories from ...

J. Robert Oppenheimer led the scientific effort that created the world’s first atomic bomb during World War II. The Trinity test in 1945 produced an explosion equal to nearly 25,000 tons of TNT, ...

On 5 February, the planet entered an even more precarious era of escalating nuclear risks. The expiration of a strategic-arms ...

Beijing has balked at any restrictions on its smaller but growing nuclear arsenal and denies carrying out such a nuclear test ...

Mind-bending materials called quasicrystals have an orderly structure, but without a regularly repeating pattern. They’ve been found in meteorites and the debris from the first atomic bomb test.

The allegations were leveled by U.S. officials late last week. Arms control experts worry that norms against nuclear testing are unraveling.

Late last week, the U.S. leveled an explosive claim: China is planning secret nuclear weapons tests and has already conducted at least one. China denied the allegations, but experts are worried that ...

A DF-17 road-mobile medium-range ballistic missile is seen during a military parade in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on September 3, 2025. China may want to develop new nuclear warheads for its ...

Richard Lachman visited Nagasaki, Japan, in September 1945, six weeks after an atom bomb leveled the city. The young Navy sailor was aboard a transport ship that docked in the harbor. For two days and ...

In the early morning on January 26, 2001 a massive earthquake struck western India, decimating the densely populated state of Gujarat. Houses and workplaces crumbled, infrastructure collapsed, and ...