Meet the Nuclear Weapons Nerds
John Coster-Mullen was driving his truck to a warehouse in Oshkosh, Wisconsin when he told me that he owns uranium.…
Morbid Researchers Imagine a 'Best-Case Scenario' for Nuclear War, and the Results Are Grim
There are currently about 15,000 nuclear warheads on Earth—enough to blow our planet to kingdom come. It’s complete…
North Korea’s Nuclear Test Site Has Caved In, Geologists Suspect
Earlier this month, North Korea announced the closure of its nuclear testing site, saying it’s suspending all nuclear…
Disturbing Data Visualization Shows Just How Many People Would Die in a Nuclear War
Data visualization artist Neil Halloran has a knack for turning incomprehensibly large and complex data sets into…
Why Scientists Want Trump to Stick to the Iran Nuclear Deal
Dozens of scientists have signed a letter to President-elect Donald Trump asking him to honor the Iran Nuclear deal,…
Reagan-Era Futurists Thought Iran Would Get Nukes by 2020
Will Iran obtain a nuclear weapon? That's the hot-button question for the U.S. government as the United Nations General…
Princeton Nuke Detector Could Spot World-Ending Warheads
The US and USSR had more than 60,000 nuclear warheads pointed at each other at the height of the Cold War. While the…