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

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

The Rhisotope Project is embedding radioactive isotopes in the horns of rhinos in an effort to prevent poaching. Rhinos previously injected with the isotopes during Rhisotope's test phase turned out ...

At a former nuclear weapons site in South Carolina, workers recently found a wasp nest contaminated with high levels of radiation near an underground waste tank. The discovery was made on July 3 at ...

Union Minister of Science and Technology (Independent Charge) and MoS of Atomic Energy, Dr Jitendra Singh, asserts that the ...

Scientists in Paris discovered two new substances with incredible radioactivity. It earned them the Nobel Prize in Physics but would ultimately kill one of them. When you purchase through links on our ...

Contaminated metal at an industrial site in Indonesia may be the source of radioactive material that led to massive recalls of imported frozen shrimp, international nuclear safety officials say, as ...

Alex Wellerstein joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about nuclear science. Which nations have nuclear bombs? Who decides who gets to have nuclear warheads and who doesn't? Why were ...