The latest scientific research on nuclear bomb survival distances offers crucial insights into the safest areas to take ...

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The first atomic bomb was tested 80 years ago at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. However, most of us are not familiar with the Trinity Site simulation explosion weeks earlier on May 7, 1945. The ...

Tensions between Russia and NATO are leading many to feel uneasy as the prospect of a worldwide conflict feels closer ...

Next month it will have been 80 years since the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were devastated by nuclear attacks. More than 200,000 people – mostly citizens – would die by the year's end ...

When a nuclear bomb detonates, the devastation is immediate and terrifying. But outside the area of total destruction, the dangers don’t vanish—they change. In buildings that remain standing beyond ...

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.

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 ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. “I’m not sure if it was the effect of the atomic bomb, but I have always had a weak body, and when I was born, the ...

Portions of this article were originally published on Feb. 9, 2022. It has been updated with additional information. IDAHO ...