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The immediate and long-term effects of a nuclear explosion

A nuclear blast’s aftermath includes intense radiation, destroyed infrastructure, and the struggle for ...
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Nuclear weapons tests: The physics that makes them so hard to hide

Nuclear weapons tests are among the most violent events humans can trigger, and that violence leaves fingerprints in the Earth, sea, air, and even in orbit. The physics of shock waves, sound, and ...
Nature

Nuclear weapons testing is harmful — there’s no case for a restart

Earlier this month, the New START treaty, a strategic-arms reduction agreement between Russia and the United States to limit their nuclear arsenal, expired. That accord was the last in a series of ...
Science News

If another country tested nuclear weapons, here’s how we’d know

President Donald Trump has called for the United States to test its nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades. But Trump’s statements about testing — in particular, whether other nations are ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

How the United States achieved its de facto nuclear test ban—and how to preserve it

President Donald Trump is off on another ill-informed ranting spree, this time claiming that he has ordered the military to resume nuclear testing. In his interview with 60 Minutes last week, he ...