On Nov. 13, 1972, Terry Christensen was working in his office at Dixon Inc. on Orchard Mesa when he, like others, “felt the tremor.” He added. “We went out and saw the smoke. We saw a mushroom cloud, ...
Nuclear weapons tests are among the most violent events humans can trigger, and that violence leaves fingerprints in the Earth, sea, air, and even in orbit. The physics of shock waves, sound, and ...
Nuclear weapons are the single-most destructive explosives humanity has created and deployed in warfare. Because of their destructive power that can wipe away whole cities, you'd think that the United ...
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 ...
President Donald Trump’s call for the United States to resume testing of nuclear weapons last week has experts scratching their heads. What did he really mean – exploding a warhead or testing delivery ...
When Iran’s covert nuclear program came to international attention over two decades ago, Tehran insisted that its intentions were peaceful and that it had no plans to develop nuclear weapons.
A mother and child in Hiroshima a few months after the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945.Credit...Alfred Eisenstaedt/The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock Supported by By ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. After the U.S.-Russia nuclear treaty expired, U.S. officials revealed declassified details of an alleged 2020 ...
Ty Bannerman will read from and sign copies of “Nuclear Family: a memoir of the atomic west” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, as part of the Bad Mouth Reading Series at the q-Staff Theatre, 400 Broadway ...