"If the U.S. were to launch a nuclear attack on Iran, Iran's response would upset the balance of power," an Iranian expert ...

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Nevada - Frenchman's Flat - Members of 11th AB Div. kneel on the ground to watch an atomic bomb test in 1951. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images) It’s the ...

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One of the teeth from sperm whales that had traces of radioactive fallout (Image: Kieran Tierney/University of Glasgow/PA Wire) Scientists have used new analysis of traces of radioactive fallout from ...

Were atomic fallout shelters really designed to protect citizens from a nuclear attack? Or were they created to appease fears about what would happen if the Soviets dropped "the big one"? At the ...

Imagine a 150-kiloton nuclear bomb exploded in the city closest to you. Do you know how the city, its surrounding region, and its inhabitants would be affected? If you can't think of much more than "a ...