Here’s What Nuclear Testing Does to the Earth—and Us

With trials of atomic weapons set to resume, we recall the environmental and health damage wrought by such testing

Can we actually stop a nuclear missile? 'A House of Dynamite' has a shocking answer

What are the procedures that get followed?” says the journalist-turned-screenwriter, who collaborated with director Kathryn Bigelow on the stress-inducing Netflix thriller (streaming now).Start the day smarter.

Netflix’s A House of Dynamite sounds the nuclear alarm, but how worried should we be?

Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film shows us how officials in the US might respond when a nuclear strike appears imminent.
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80 years after Hiroshima, the world still lives under threat of nuclear destruction

Religious sisters and others pray during Mass on Aug. 6 at the World Peace Memorial Cathedral in Hiroshima, Japan, for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing. The Mass was part of a "Pilgrimage of Peace" by four U.S. archbishops and U.S. Catholic ...
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Is Russia's 'Flying Chernobyl' Burevestnik missile the death of 'MAD' doctrine or just all hype?

While proponents like Valery Gerasimov claim it can overcome missile defenses and challenge the Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) doctrine, some experts express skepticism
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The City-Killer Asteroid May Hit the Moon in 2032 — What Would Happen If We Blasted It With Nukes First?

The asteroid that could've killed cities could still collide with the moon. That's what the models of Asteroid 2024 YR4 say, after previously suggesting that the probability that the asteroid would impact Earth in December 2032 was around 3 percent.
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