The 1980s witnessed mass demonstrations demanding a nuclear freeze. Today, the threat of nuclear war is beginning to enter the public consciousness again.

Robert Oppenheimer wagered $10 the bomb wouldn’t work at all, and Edward Teller conspicuously applied sunscreen in the predawn darkness, offering to pass it around.

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Forty years after Reagan’s “Star Wars”, Trump has plans for a modern missile defence shield. Would it work?

The word magic is not often used in the context of science. But in the early 1930s, scientists discovered that some atomic nuclei—the center part of atoms, which make up all matter—were more ...

The Manhattan Project's Trinity test bomb detonated on July 16, 1945. The light, noise, shockwave, and fallout cloud were impossible to keep secret.

Universal Pictures announced Christopher Nolan's next film will be truly epic. He's bringing Homer to the big screen with his version of The Odyssey.

The Manhattan Project's Trinity test bomb detonated on July 16, 1945. The light, noise, shockwave, and fallout cloud were impossible to keep secret.

If approved, a new rule could end the entrenched pay advantages for specialists like surgeons over other doctors. By Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz The White House says roughly $1 trillion in ...

If approved, a new rule could end the entrenched pay advantages for specialists like surgeons over other doctors. By Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz The White House says roughly $1 trillion in ...

Edward R. Landa is an adjunct professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Technology at the University of Maryland-College Park, and a scientist (emeritus) with the US Geological Survey.