Einstein’s genius enabled the atomic age, but his conscience rejected its darkest creation. This piece uncovers why he ...

Nuclear bomb effects computer in pocket. Also issued online. NASM copy: Circular computer lacking. MSRL copy "Changes as of Feb. 1964" inserted. 1. General principles of nuclear explosions -- 2.

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Instead, high-energy radiation and electromagnetic pulses dominate, posing serious risks to satellites, spacecraft, and ...

America is in the middle of a once-in-a-generation effort to upgrade our nuclear weapons, which could cost taxpayers as much as $1.7 trillion. Some also are suggesting it might be time to restart ...

Though the country’s nuclear arsenal has undergone no explosive testing for decades, federal experts say it can reliably obliterate targets halfway around the globe. By William J. Broad President ...

Albert Einstein, considered the most important theoretical physicist of the 20th century, wrote a letter calling the atomic bomb a ‘dreadful danger for all mankind.’ The letter titled “On My ...

Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least four million premature deaths from cancer and other diseases over time, according to a new report delving into ...

At the Peace Tower by the banks of the Ota-Gawa river in Hiroshima, Japanese citizens commemorate the third anniversary of the atom bomb being dropped on their city. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ ...

Tick. Tick. Tick. Eighty years ago this month, the doomsday clock jolted to life. Nothing was the same after Aug. 6, 1945. On that date, the first of two American atomic bombs went off in Hiroshima, ...