A quarter of North Korean defectors from regions near the northeastern Punggye-ri nuclear test site have shown chromosome ...

Nuclear weapons tests are among the most violent events humans can trigger, and that violence leaves fingerprints in the Earth, sea, air, and even in orbit. The physics of shock waves, sound, and ...

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Experts are having a nuclear meltdown. Cracks in a dome over a contaminated nuclear blast site have sparked fears that the ...

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Late last week, the U.S. leveled an explosive claim: China is planning secret nuclear weapons tests and has already conducted at least one. China denied the allegations, but experts are worried that ...

The DOE proposal rolling back a radiation safety standard may force Congress to weigh nuclear expansion against public health safeguards. A move by the Department of Energy to weaken a decades-old ...

Iran's choice of target does not appear to be incidental. Striking Dimona even without penetrating the nuclear facility ...

The world passed a nuclear milestone this week. And, perhaps surprisingly given the recent run of saber-rattling from the likes of Russia and the United States, it’s a positive one. “As of today, the ...