There has not been a major (or minor) nuclear explosion since the 1960s. This is almost entirely because ...

The previous chapters present the results of the work carried out to address the committee’s charge, including a literature review, calculations, and analysis of information presented by many experts.

Since the ominous emergence of nuclear weapons, people have been curious about the firsthand experience of a nuclear blast, contemplating the chilling power of these doomsday devices that have become ...

A blast of X-rays from a nuclear explosion should be enough to save Earth from an incoming asteroid, according to the results of a first-of-its-kind experiment. The findings, published on September 23 ...