Talk about a powerhouse food. Like anything within its radius, food can also be susceptible to the effects of nuclear ...

Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Savannah GA is identified as a high-priority nuclear target. Learn what that means for ...

Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors expressing frustration about the growing support of global leaders ...

Nine countries now possess nuclear weapons and we have just seen the start of a new war in the Middle East over one more nation supposedly trying to acquire them. While we consider the dangers of such ...

A terrifying map displays the devastating consequences a nuclear war would have on the US, highlighting the regions most at risk of lethal radioactive fallout. The US Air Force is currently developing ...

A nuclear blast’s aftermath includes intense radiation, destroyed infrastructure, and the struggle for ...

Each day of war risks a strike on sites that could scatter radioactive material. Officials say one laboratory near the front has been hit dozens of times. Each day of war risks a strike on sites that ...

Suggested Citation: "8 Conclusion." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Potential Environmental Effects of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: ...

Get an x-ray, and you get a small dose of radiation to visualize your bones and body structures to help you medically. Buy a smoke detector, you’re inviting a tiny source of radiation, americium-241, ...

At the outset of the Cold War era, the United States and the Soviet Union rapidly built up large nuclear arsenals as part of the prevailing doctrine of deterrence, under which each nation attempted to ...