Mackenzie Knight-Boyle is a senior research associate for the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists where her work focuses on the status and trends of global nuclear ...

On this week’s “More To The Story,” Daniel Holz from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists discusses why the hands of the Doomsday Clock are the closest they’ve ever been to midnight.

On this week’s “More To The Story,” Daniel Holz from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists discusses why the hands of the Doomsday Clock are the closest they’ve ever been to midnight.

Americans love a close call. It’s in our national DNA. Take Apollo 13’s nearly missed re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere in 1970. We cheer loudest when the odds have been longest; the more ...

Earth is at its farthest point from the sun on July 3. So why are temperatures so high across the U.S.?

Mercury will be at its most distant point from the sun in Earth’s sky on July 4, making it a good time to spot the planet in the evening sky.

Richie and Syd stare at the ominous Doomsday Clock, which reads 17 hours and 39 minutes until failure. Sweeps is working on his wine nose with Neil and Teddy Fak.