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 ...

Over seven decades of nuclear weapons testing have left a toll that can no longer be dismissed as an abstract risk. A new global assessment links roughly 4,000,000 early deaths to about 2,400 test ...

The State Department’s allegation that China conducted a yield-producing nuclear test in 2020 is reigniting debate in Washington over whether the United States can continue its decades-long moratorium ...

Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least four million premature deaths from cancer and other diseases over time, according to a new report delving into ...

GENEVA (AP) — A U.S. official focusing on arms control on Monday provided what he called new, declassified details of a Chinese underground nuclear test nearly six years ago and urged countries to ...

Late last week, the U.S. leveled an explosive claim: China is planning secret nuclear weapons tests and has already conducted at least one. The undersecretary of state for arms control and ...

The president wants to resume nuclear testing. Senator Edward Markey asks, “Is he a warmonger or just an idiot?’ It would be a mistake of radioactive proportions to resume nuclear testing. None of the ...

The world passed a nuclear milestone this week. And, perhaps surprisingly given the recent run of saber-rattling from the likes of Russia and the United States, it’s a positive one. “As of today, the ...