There is no good place to be when a nuclear bomb goes off. Anything too close is instantly vaporized, and radiation can pose a serious health threat even at a distance. In between, there is another ...
Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.
In a YouTube video, WIRED interviewed Alex Wellerstein, a professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology, in order to find out more about the sequence of events and physical effects produced by a ...
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said he expects U.S. nuclear-weapons testing sought by President Donald Trump to stop short of actual atomic bomb explosions for now. “I think the tests we’re ...
A new tool shows the catastrophic impact of a nuclear strike as Russia deploys its “unstoppable” Oreshnik missile, putting ...