In 1949, the Soviet Union’s first atomic bomb exploded in Semipalatinsk — but this wasn't just an empty desert. People lived nearby, and for decades they were exposed to radiation from hundreds of ...

Nuclear bombs do not rely on size, they rely on physics. Here is how chain reactions and hydrogen bombs unleash power on a ...

Bombshell shows how the government tried to minimize the effects of radiation and prevent independent reporting through ...

The 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is this week. It was the only time nuclear warheads were used during war. Here’s a look at the history and current U.S. stockpile.

The attempt to destroy the Iran nuclear program by bombing their deep underground facilities reminded me of Aspen’s ...

“Nuclear weapons pervade our thinking. Control our behavior. Administer our societies. Inform our dreams. They bury themselves like meat hooks deep in the base of our brains. They are purveyors of ...

When it comes to marking anniversaries of the atomic bomb, there are a few obvious choices. July 16, 1945, was the date of the Trinity test, the first nuclear explosion, and has been used by some as ...

Editor’s note: “Behind the News” is the product of Sun staff assisted by the Sun’s AI lab, which includes a variety of tools such as Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI, Google Gemini and ChatGPT. On ...

Members of Japan's anti-nuclear weapons and atomic bomb survivor organization have spoken out after a government official said the country "should possess nuclear weapons." ...

Widening protests in Iran sparked by the Islamic Republic's ailing economy are putting new pressure on its theocracy. Tehran is still reeling from a 12-day war launched by Israel in June that saw the ...