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Museum Exhibit Casually Reveals Upgrade of U.S. Nuke Launching System
The process behind generating the nuclear biscuit was a secret for decades. Now it's in a museum.
The First Ever Nuclear Bomb Produced a Bizarre Form of Matter
The oldest known “quasicrystal” made by humans has been discovered at the New Mexico site of the 1945 Trinity bomb test.
The Forgotten Victims of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Seven years on after one of the most catastrophic natural and nuclear disasters in history, we return to Fukushima to tell the untold story of the the survivors who are still waiting to return home.
The CDC Will Hold an Info Session on Nuclear War
This month's "grand rounds" topic for public health professionals is, uh, timely.
Nuclear Energy Programs Rarely Lead to Nuclear Weapons
Policy experts and heads of states have wrung their hands about the weaponization of nuclear energy programs for decades.
I Guarded an Arctic Base Against Polar Bears at the Frontline of the Apocalypse
The DEW Line was built in the fifties to warn of a nuclear threat. I guarded six workers there from polar bears.
Exactly What Happens When Your Body Is Exposed to Radiation
During nuclear fallout, doses reach the equivalent of 3 million chest x-rays.
North Korea Is Closer to Building a Nuclear-Capable ICBM Than We Thought
Experts thought it would take the Hermit Kingdom until 2020 to develop the technology. A new report from the Pentagon shaves two years off that estimate.
How to Survive the First Hour of a Nuclear Attack
Experts helped us picture exactly what would happen.
Hillary Clinton's probably too late to keep her word about North Korea's nukes
Clinton says she would “not allow” Kim Jong-un to develop a nuclear warhead, but experts say that will happen soon if it hasn’t already.
North Korea will probably keep testing nukes no matter what the US does
Kim Jong-un’s regime has repeatedly made a mockery of international sanctions designed to stop the country’s development of nuclear weapons.