Watch how the first atomic bomb test unfolded, as scientists pushed the limits of physics in a race to end the war. Behind ...
IMMEDIATELY after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, hundreds of thousands of “liquidators” were sent in to clear up after the ...
Imagine a 150-kiloton nuclear bomb exploded in the city closest to you. Do you know how the city, its surrounding region, and its inhabitants would be affected? If you can't think of much more than "a ...
On August 6, 1945, the atomic mission against Hiroshima began. The primary strike aircraft was the B-29 Enola Gay, piloted by Tibbets and carrying the Little Boy bomb. Capt. William “Deak” Parsons ...
Ty Bannerman will read from and sign copies of “Nuclear Family: a memoir of the atomic west” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, as part of the Bad Mouth Reading Series at the q-Staff Theatre, 400 Broadway ...
When Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai erupted, it unleashed the most powerful volcanic blast recorded in the modern era since ...
With the war in Iran re-igniting fears of WW3 and nuclear war, scientists have deciphered which states would suffer a "nuclear winter" in the event of a nuclear war. Experts have long warned that ...
When Iran’s covert nuclear program came to international attention over two decades ago, Tehran insisted that its intentions ...