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Declassified Footage: An Atomic Bomb Too Big to Actually Use

The Tsar Bomba's explosion was unparalleled in power. With a 50 megaton capacity, this nuclear test was estimated to be 3,800 times the strength of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. And although short video ...

The Real Reason Albert Einstein Refused To Help Build The Atomic Bomb

Einstein’s genius enabled the atomic age, but his conscience rejected its darkest creation. This piece uncovers why he ...
Good News Network

January 14th Marked the Longest Period Without a Nuclear Detonation Since the Atomic Age Began

Yet January 14th marked the longest period humankind has gone without one or another part of the whole exploding one of these ...

The world just passed a surprisingly positive milestone on nuclear weapons

The post-war international order may be tearing apart at the seams and international law is increasingly looking like a ...
KTVU

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 80 years after the atomic bomb, the world still grapples with the fallout

Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. The bombing on Aug. 6, 1945, killed 140,000 people and a second bomb on Nagasaki (Aug. 9) killed ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Truman never ordered the use of the atomic bombs—but he did order atomic bombings to be stopped

When it comes to marking anniversaries of the atomic bomb, there are a few obvious choices. July 16, 1945, was the date of the Trinity test, the first nuclear explosion, and has been used by some as ...
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Scientists reveal nuclear blast survival radius in new study

The latest scientific research on nuclear bomb survival distances offers crucial insights into the safest areas to take shelter during such an event, and the various factors that influence survival ...

In the Australian outback, we’re listening for nuclear tests – and what we hear matters more than ever

As the United States and Russia signal a return to nuclear testing, Australia’s remote monitoring station plays a crucial ...
Wired

Nuclear Historian Answers Nuclear War Questions

Alex Wellerstein joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about nuclear science. Which nations have nuclear bombs? Who decides who gets to have nuclear warheads and who doesn't? Why were ...
Forbes

Las Vegas Atomic Museum Makes Case For Nuclear Weapons

A 110-degree day in Las Vegas, a city dedicated to entertainment and capitalism, seems a strange place to commemorate the 80 th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Yet Las Vegas has its ...
AOL

His grandfather created the atomic bomb. Now Charles Oppenheimer wants a nuclear summit.

Charles Oppenheimer knows his family name comes with a heavy responsibility. He's the grandson of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who led the Manhattan Project, becoming the father of the atomic ...
The American Bazaar

The Janus face of Nuclear Power

India’s nuclear journey traced from Einstein to SHANTI Act 2025, exploring power, policy shifts, privatization, risks, and ...