Scientists found a strange new material born in the fireball of the Hiroshima atomic bomb

Locked inside glassy fallout particles, the strange alloy could only form in a nuclear blast.

The atomic bomb, a world-changing invention, inflicted suffering and launched the nuclear age

The printing press, the lightbulb, the internal combustion engine and the computer moved the world into a mostly better ...

The U.S. detonated 23 nuclear bombs at Bikini Atoll in the 1950s. Nearly 70 years later, it’s a thriving habitat for marine species

Surprisingly, one of the best places in the Pacific Ocean to find an abundance of corals, tropical fish, and sharks is Bikini ...
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Soviet jet dropping 11-kiloton nuclear bomb captured in rare Cold War-era video

Recently, footage has circulated on social media that appears to document one of the most unusual nuclear tests of the Cold War: the live detonation of a tactical atomic bomb dropped from a ...

Report finds secrecy impacted handling of nuclear test veterans' records

The veterans are campaigning for full disclosure of the impact of the UK's nuclear testing programme.

The US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on this day in 1945. Haunting photos show what happened.

On August 6, 1945, a 10-foot-long uranium bomb called "Little Boy" was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

How J. Robert Oppenheimer brought together thousands of scientists to build the world's first atomic bomb

Prior to 1945, nuclear weapons were just an idea that could be discussed in theoretical physics literature. This changed when J.
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Before the next nuclear crisis, listen to those who lived through the last one

As global nuclear tensions mount, the firsthand testimonies of atomic bombing and testing survivors—from Japanese hibakusha ...

Japan’s nuclear taboo faces its sternest test in decades

On the anniversary of Hiroshima, the only country to experience atomic attack is confronting calls to revisit assumptions ...