Good news: World records longest ever lull in nuclear tests. Bad news: It’s on shaky ground

The world passed a nuclear milestone this week. And, perhaps surprisingly given the recent run of saber-rattling from the ...

When Fake Nuclear Disaster Fallout Reached Los Angeles

As the cloud cleared, Air Force bombers dropped in to gather air samples. Researchers hoped that the radioactive fallout ...
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6 nuclear weapons have been missing for decades. The US military won’t search for them anymore

Key Points and Summary - The U.S. military has suffered dozens of “Broken Arrow” nuclear weapons accidents—events involving lost weapons, accidental releases, or other serious mishaps. -Most were ...
Science News

If another country tested nuclear weapons, here’s how we’d know

President Donald Trump has called for the United States to test its nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades. But Trump’s statements about testing — in particular, whether other nations are ...
KPLC

Russia and the US threatened to resume nuclear testing after several decades

VIENNA (AP) — The United States and Russia have both recently threatened to resume nuclear testing, alarming the international community and jeopardizing a global norm against such tests. Experts say ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Post-truth disasters: We’re not ready for nuclear war on social media

On the evening of August 4, 2020, a massive explosion rocked the Port of Beirut in Lebanon. The explosion happened as hundreds of cameras were already pointed at a burning warehouse, in which more ...
USA Today

If Trump resumes testing of nuclear weapons, Russia says it's going to do it too

Senior Russian officials on Nov. 11 said they were still waiting for a White House explanation about what President Donald Trump meant he when said he had instructed the Pentagon to resume nuclear ...
Daily Camera

When it comes to nuclear arms, the US must show restraint over gesture (Opinion)

President Trump has ordered (with some walkback by his Energy Secretary) the resumption of U.S. nuclear weapons testing — a potential tit-for-tat response to recent Russian weapons activity, and ...
The Hill

Trump’s nuclear test order projects toughness — and sows confusion

Was President Trump’s recent directive to resume U.S. nuclear testing — after a hiatus of 33 years — an actual policy decision? Or was it a political stunt to project toughness? His surprise ...
The Diplomat

A Return to Nuclear Testing Looks Inevitable. Here’s How to Manage It.

Prior to his meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea on October 30, United States President Donald Trump wrote that he has ordered the U.S. military to resume nuclear testing ...
Boston Herald

Russia and the US threatened to resume nuclear testing after several decades. Here is why it matters

VIENNA (AP) — The United States and Russia have both recently threatened to resume nuclear testing, alarming the international community and jeopardizing a global norm against such tests. Experts say ...