The Tsar Bomba's explosion was unparalleled in power. With a 50 megaton capacity, this nuclear test was estimated to be 3,800 times the strength of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. And although short video ...

Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" opens up dialogue about the dark side of science, which led him to compare the rise of AI ...

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.

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8-year-old Hayawo Kiyama of Los Osos was fishing with his aunt when lightning lit up the sky: "It was wide and thick but ...

Bombshell explores how the U.S. manipulated the narrative about the impact of the WWII bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and ...

When it comes to marking anniversaries of the atomic bomb, there are a few obvious choices. July 16, 1945, was the date of the Trinity test, the first nuclear explosion, and has been used by some as ...

During the Cold War the U.S. considered putting nuclear weapons on balloons and letting them float into enemy territory for a strike.

August marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombs ending World War II. Initially, the American public hailed President Harry Truman’s decision to deploy the weapons against Japan. In time, however ...