During the Cold War, the United States carried out terrifying classified experiments involving nuclear explosions in space, ...

There has not been a major (or minor) nuclear explosion since the 1960s. This is almost entirely because the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was opened for signature on July 1 ...

Nuclear war is one of the world’s greatest existential threats, so why isn’t there more psychological research on it?

Nuclear war is much more unpredictable than asteroids, but, unlike the dinosaurs of 66 million years ago, humans can avoid ...

Map shows potential nuclear fallout risk across North America in the event of a nuclear attack (Image: Under the Nuclear Cloud) A chilling map simulation created by top scientists reveals how ...

President Donald Trump has called for the United States to test its nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades. But Trump’s statements about testing — in particular, whether other nations are ...

On August 6, 1945, the US bomber Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in military combat on the Japanese city of ...