34 million dead in just hours, Europe will be destroyed: A simulation reveals what a US–Russia nuclear war would look like

A Princeton University simulation shows how a single low-yield nuclear weapon could rapidly spiral into a full-scale ...
Science News

Here’s the science behind nuclear weapons testing

Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.
The Daily Cardinal

UW-Madison MacArthur Fellow warns of nuclear fallout risk

Sébastien Philippe, a nuclear engineering professor and 2025 MacArthur Fellow, designed advanced computational simulations of ...

Interactive tracker shows how safe you'll be if nuclear bomb hits as Putin debuts missile

A new tool shows the catastrophic impact of a nuclear strike as Russia deploys its “unstoppable” Oreshnik missile, putting ...
Science News

If another country tested nuclear weapons, here’s how we’d know

President Donald Trump has called for the United States to test its nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades. But Trump’s statements about testing — in particular, whether other nations are ...
NBC New York

Which countries have nuclear weapons and how are they tested? What to know

President Donald Trump's comments Thursday suggesting the United States will restart its testing of nuclear weapons upends decades of American policy in regards to the bomb, but come as Washington's ...

The military once considered using balloons as nuclear weapons systems

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

For Ukrainians, a nuclear missile museum is a bitter reminder of what the country gave up

The Museum of Strategic Missile Forces tells the story of how Ukraine dismantled its nuclear weapons arsenal after ...