Plutonium 239 – a manmade element named for Pluto, the Roman god of Hell – remains lethal beyond its half-life of 24,000 years. A single particle in body tissue will cause cancer, and its genetic ...

The mayor of Nagasaki on Thursday announced that the city will invite representatives ''of all countries'' and regions to the peace memorial marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the ...

The U.S. needs to set an example for the rest of the world, by taking our nuclear missiles off hair trigger alert, and negotiating a reduction of our arsenal ...

AS if the world isn’t racked by enough conflict, war between two nuclear-armed states has just broken out. India’s air ...

India launched military strikes against Pakistan as tensions spiraled following a deadly assault on tourists in the disputed ...

India’s nuclear program began with civilian intentions but evolved into a strategic deterrent driven by regional threats. The ...

India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed nations, saw a decades-old conflict reignite May 7 as a terror attack in the disputed region of Kashmir led India to carry out cross-border airstrikes. India's ...

The A-Bomb wasn't just tested by the U.S., as it was infamously used twice against an enemy combatant — the only times to ...

India has fired missiles into Pakistan, which is vowing a robust response. The escalation comes on the heels of April’s ...

Northampton author Joshua Shanley says he gets a scary feeling when entering some of the defunct Cold War buildings still ...

As tensions reach a breaking point, war — conventional or nuclear — is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid.

The experiment may reveal how black holes energize nearby particles and help test theories about exotic fields, including ...