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Testimony of the Hibakusha of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: No More Nuclear Weapons

CONTENT WARNING: This article contains descriptions of nuclear weapons effects, including disturbing accounts of the victims. On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb ever ...
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Nuclear historian outlines the devastating effects of an atomic blast on the human body

In a YouTube video, WIRED interviewed Alex Wellerstein, a professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology, in order to find out more about the sequence of events and physical effects produced by a ...
Truthout

Scientists Say Public Engagement and Pressure Are Key to Reducing Nuclear Risks

Nuclear experts are urging the public to demand concrete steps to reduce the risk of devastation due to nuclear weapons.
Nature

Nuclear-weapons risks are back — and we need to act like it

Ankit Panda is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington DC, USA, and author of The New Nuclear Age (Polity, 2025). At a time of growing catastrophic risks posed ...
csis.org

High-Altitude Nuclear Explosions: Myths and Reality

Thankfully, no party has used nuclear weapons in war since 1945. Treaties limiting nuclear tests and weapon inventories during the Cold War highlighted the pragmatism of world leaders. As memories ...
NBC New York

Which countries have nuclear weapons and how are they tested? What to know

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 bomb, but come as Washington's ...
Cfr.org

The Nonproliferation Chilling Effect U.S. Strikes on Iran Nuclear Sites Could Cause

The U.S. military joined Israel’s bombing campaign against Iran on June 21, targeting nuclear sites at Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan with bunker-buster bombs and cruise missiles. It remains unclear ...
UPI

China tests effects of successive nuclear strikes

Oct. 1 (UPI) --Chinese military researchers recently reported that multiple nuclear strikes on a single target will produce greater damage than a single blast from a larger warhead to destroy hard ...
The Conversation

The treaty meant to control nuclear risks is under strain 80 years after the US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Stephen Herzog does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Report paints grim picture of how nuclear war could impact oceans

Recent conflicts in Europe and the Middle East have reignited fears about the use of nuclear weapons. What would a nuclear conflict do to the planet’s environment today? In a new congressionally ...
The Aviationist

A Brief History of Nuclear Weapons in the Royal Air Force

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 ...