What Do Nuclear Bomb Explosions Sound Like?
On July 16, 1945, scientists first unleashed the energy stored at the center of the atomic nucleus, causing a massive…
Report: Saudi Arabia Making Brisk Progress on Experimental Nuclear Reactor
A small, experimental nuclear reactor being constructed by Argentina’s state-backed nuclear company INVAP at Saudi…
Reports: Trump Admin Approved Secret Deal to Sell U.S. Nuclear Tech and Assistance to Saudi Arabia
Secretary of Energy Rick Perry approved six “secret authorizations” to allow companies to sell “nuclear power…
House Dems Accuse Trump Admin of Trying to Export Nuclear Secrets to Saudi Arabia
Donald Trump’s administration rushed to reach a deal to provide Saudi Arabia and its despotic government with protected…
Russia Also Suspends Nuclear Weapons Treaty, Calling It 'Tit-for-Tat' Response to U.S. Withdrawal
Russia announced on Saturday that it is also suspending the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) followin…
U.S. Withdraws From Nuclear Weapons Treaty With Russia, Paving the Way for a New Arms Race
It’s official. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo just announced that the U.S. will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range…
China Backs Second Kim Jong Un-Donald Trump Nuclear Summit
Given the nightmarish hustle of Donald Trump’s administration, it’s hard to believe that it was less than a year ago…
U.S. Strategic Command Helpfully Reminds World It Could Still Annihilate Everyone Before Midnight
The United States Strategic Command—a high-level U.S. military unified command that oversees everything from nuclear…
Kids of the 1980s Imagined the Year 2020 With Robot Butlers, Bubble-top Cities, and Nuclear War
Earlier this month we looked at predictions from kids at the turn of the 20th century. But what about more recently?…
North Korea Brags About New 'Ultramodern' Weapons Test
North Korean state media announced today that the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, recently oversaw tests of a “newly…
Trump: What We Really Need Right Now Is a Lot More Nukes
The U.S. has had a brief respite from nuclear apocalypticism after that brief period when Donald Trump seemed pretty…
North Korea Pledges to Dismantle One Nuclear Site If U.S. Takes 'Corresponding Measures'
North Korea pledged to shut down one of its nuclear test sites in a meeting today between South Korean President Moon…
Sleep Science, DIY Submarines, and Infectious Kissing Bugs: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
The end of summer is fast approaching, though the fun in the sun is coming to an even swifter conclusion for some of…
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.…
Hey, Has Anyone Seen Russia's Allegedly Missing Nuclear-Powered Missile?
The Russian military is searching for a “nuclear-powered” missile that it lost at sea, at least according to anonymous…
It Was Shockingly Easy for Someone to Steal Government Plutonium From a Hotel Parking Lot
A small amount of plutonium and radioactive cesium went missing last year after two government security experts left…
How Many Nukes Would It Take to Send the Earth Spiraling Off Into the Sun?
The modern age has brought one of the most nightmarish inventions in all of human history—the atomic bomb. These…
US Intel Officials Allege North Korea Is Still Enriching Uranium After Trump-Kim Summit
Shocker: It turns out that President Donald Trump was perhaps not really being all that honest when he walked out of a…
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…
President Trump Made a Fake Movie Trailer for Kim Jong Un with the Two Leaders as Heroes
President Trump and Kim Jong Un had a historic private meeting earlier today in Singapore. And while we don’t know…