Out of this surreal convergence of spectacle and science emerged one of the most striking and unsettling cultural icons of ...

The allegations were leveled by U.S. officials late last week. Arms control experts worry that norms against nuclear testing ...

The Rulison test — conducted at a depth of 8,425 feet — was the deepest subterranean nuclear-bomb detonation conducted in U.S. history.

The possibility of a nuclear explosion is a terrifying thought, but understanding how to respond in the critical first hour could be the key to survival. Though nuclear blasts are often depicted in ...

Jay Cowan still worries about the Rulison blast’s proximity to the Colorado River and expresses disbelief at the 107 days that radioactive gas was burned in order to test whether the radionuclides ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. “I’m not sure if it was the effect of the atomic bomb, but I have always had a weak body, and when I was born, the ...

C ould nuclear bombs be harnessed to help people? As the Cold War raged on in the 1950s, scientists building nuclear weapons began to ponder whether they could be put toward posit ...

Amid increasing tensions with world nuclear powers, the threat of a blast is scarily becoming more and more plausible. Of ...

In 1958, as Cold War tensions shaped decisions in Washington and Moscow, a study quietly examined whether a nuclear device could be exploded on the Moon. The proposal, known as Project A119, did not ...

How would a Nuclear Bomb Affect the United States: Current public attention has focused on the possibility of a nuclear weapon attack by terrorists. The RAND corporation conducted an analysis to ...