There has not been a major (or minor) nuclear explosion since the 1960s. This is almost entirely because ...

A 4.3 magnitude quake in Fars province was confirmed natural by United States Geological Survey and Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, dismissing nuclear test rumors amid debate over ...

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 ...

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.

On August 6, 1945, the sky above the Japanese city of Hiroshima opened. A blinding flash, then a deafening sonic boom. An entire city pulverized in seconds. Thus began the nuclear age. Today, 80 years ...

President Donald Trump ordered the Department of War to resume testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China on Thursday, a practice halted by the U.S. in 1992. The announcement ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan — Shortly before the 80 th anniversary of nuclear attack on Hiroshima early this month, several dozen elementary school students met with atomic bomb survivor and farmer Toshiyuki ...

A mother and child in Hiroshima a few months after the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945.Credit...Alfred Eisenstaedt/The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock Supported by By ...

Hydronuclear experiments, barred globally since the 1990s, may lie behind President Trump’s call last month for the United States to resume its testing of nuclear bombs. By William J. Broad President ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive compare the blast radii of everything from gas leaks to nuclear warheads to show how distance and shielding determine your survival odds.