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

Oct. 14—In the shadow of a federal government shutdown, the site where the first atomic bomb was tested will not be open to the public this year. Located on White Sands Missile Range, the Trinity Site ...

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 ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On July 16, 1945, the Nuclear Age erupted ...

TULAROSA — Mary Riseley walked through glowing rows of luminarias looking for her mother’s name at a vigil for New Mexico downwinders Wednesday, 80 years to the day after the first nuclear bomb test.

Even eighty years after the first nuclear bomb test, the consequences still haunt people all around the world. Radioactive fallout hasn’t just vanished; instead, it continues to affect the health of ...

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

The Age of Nuclear Testing stands as one of the most chilling and awe-inspiring chapters in modern history. From the first blinding flash in the New Mexico desert in 1945 to the massive detonations ...

(The Center Square) - Nevada veterans are awaiting the final passage of S.2220, a landmark bill that would acknowledge those who served at the radioactive Nevada Test and Training Range. The bill ...