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

Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.

A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Negev Desert in southern Israel, prompting widespread speculation about a potential ...

A 4.2-magnitude earthquake reported in southern Israel on Thursday (January 15) led to alerts in the Dead Sea and southern ...

Nuclear weapons tests are among the most violent events humans can trigger, and that violence leaves fingerprints in the ...

The 4 to 7 percent increase in background radiation poses problems for sensitive scientific instruments. Geiger counters, ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates(AP) — President Donald Trump's comments Thursday suggesting the United States will restart its testing of nuclear weapons upends decades of American policy in regards to ...

The United Nations took a swipe at President Donald Trump for saying the United States will start “testing our nuclear weapons,” a move that provoked global uncertainty and international outcry. “We ...

The United States has not conducted a working test of a nuclear weapon since the early 1990s. That could change. President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to restart testing, raising alarms about a ...

America’s last nuclear detonation was nothing special. Smaller than the bomb that killed 73,000 people in Nagasaki, it exploded 1,397 feet below the Nevada desert. It shook the ground, created a ...

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 ...

As the cloud cleared, Air Force bombers dropped in to gather air samples. Researchers hoped that the radioactive fallout ...