Americans who oppose another Middle East war are right to fear mission creep. They are right to prefer diplomacy wherever ...

MOMENTS after the five-second countdown ended, Brian Unthank recalls a white flash so bright that he could see the bones, ...

Samples of "trinitite" created during the world’s first nuclear bomb test in 1945 contain unique crystals never seen before.

Before trinitite, the only known naturally formed quasicrystal came from meteorite fragments, likely produced during a ...

For decades, China pared back its nuclear weapons program and kept its arsenal to a minimum. Now, new satellite images show China is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal and production sites. Why?

Blake Suntych bought the Gold Nugget at age 19 with his father's help. The young business owner now runs the place where he ...

May 5, 1955 - Behlen Manufacturing, headquartered in Columbus, Nebraska, built two frameless buildings for the Yucca Flat ...

Behlen Manufacturing’s frameless steel buildings survived atomic bomb tests and bold publicity stunts, showcasing Nebraska ...

Lucy Benavidez Garwood was 13 years old when the Trinity atomic bomb test was detonated at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, 50 miles from her home in Tularosa, on July 16, 1945. A ...

Trump's drug war is targeting the Mexican political establishment by indicting Sinaloa officials close to President Claudia ...

Operation Crossroads was designed to show what atomic weapons could do to a fleet at anchor and whether warships could still survive in the nuclear age. In 1946, a ghost fleet of battleships, carriers ...