The U.S. scientists who tested the first atomic bomb, July 16, 1945, took the ultimate gamble of setting the atmosphere on ...

Setsuko Thurlow, who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945, says we're walking through "a very dark time," ...

Seventy years ago, on September 17, 1955, a modified Convair B-36 departed Carswell Air Force Base in Texas. Legendary U.S.

July 14-16 gathering to create recommendations for policymakers and leaders to reduce the threat of nuclear war ...

Those who keep up on current events know that talk of nuclear war continues today, and that’s why “Two Minutes to Midnight and the Architecture of Armageddon,” a new exhibit about the Doomsday Clock ...

The UK will test its emergency alarm system for the first time in two years, as the Government warns Britain to prepare for ...

The Nobel Prize, considered one of the world’s most prestigious awards, is given annually to individuals who have contributed ...

Information about Iran's nuclear programme is highly secretive, but experts say the bombings may not have been a huge setback ...

Information about Iran's nuclear programme is highly secretive, but experts say the bombings may not have been a huge setback ...

The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight, signalling an unprecedented threat of global catastrophe.

Once a staple in Dallas and Fort Worth, fallout shelters now are hard to find, reflecting a bygone era of Cold War fears amid today's global tensions over nuclear threats.

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has moved its symbolic Doomsday Clock one second closer to midnight, with artificial intelligence aka AI emerging as a new existential threat alongside nuclear ...