The specter of nuclear war cast a long shadow over the 20th century, serving as a reminder of humanity's capacity for self-destruction. Now, as the world seems to shrug off Russia’s nuclear ...

Key Points and Summary – Nuclear war remains unlikely, but not impossible—and five regions stand out as potential flashpoints ...

A subsurface atomic test near Yucca Flats, Nev., in March 1955. (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission via AP) In what would be a major shift in a decades-old American policy against global nuclear ...

Russia's war with Ukraine has escalated into a "nuclear crisis," with far-reaching implications for nuclear deterrence, nonproliferation, disarmament, and the future of peaceful nuclear energy, a ...

Iran’s nuclear program has been a long-standing problem. Many US presidential administrations have struggled with it, as have many international organizations and foreign governments. To help makes ...

US President Donald Trump has said that the country will resume nuclear weapons testing after a decades-long ban. But researchers speaking to New Scientist say there is no scientific need for such ...

Following the announcement that the Royal Air Force is regaining nuclear weapons, we explore the service’s history using nukes, explaining why they were originally abandoned in 1998. For 43 years, the ...

The United Kingdom’s Strategic Defence Review, published on June 2, announced a substantial investment of more than £15 billion (about $20 billion) in its nuclear forces. The review also opened the ...