Instead, high-energy radiation and electromagnetic pulses dominate, posing serious risks to satellites, spacecraft, and ...

The post-war international order may be tearing apart at the seams and international law is increasingly looking like a ...

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said he expects U.S. nuclear-weapons testing sought by President Donald Trump to stop short of actual atomic bomb explosions for now. “I think the tests we’re ...

Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least four million premature deaths from ...

In 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the most powerful nuclear weapon ever built. Known as Tsar Bomba, the explosion was over ...

A minute of silence was observed Saturday in Nagasaki, precisely at the time of the atomic bomb explosion dropped by a US bomber on the Japanese city 80 years ago, while the restored bell tower of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The world passed a nuclear milestone this week. And, perhaps surprisingly given the recent run of saber-rattling from the likes of Russia and the United States, it’s a positive one.

A 110-degree day in Las Vegas, a city dedicated to entertainment and capitalism, seems a strange place to commemorate the 80 th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Yet Las Vegas has its ...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that the weapons testing President Trump ordered last week will not include nuclear explosions. “I think the tests we’re talking about right now are system ...