A program to compensate uranium miners and people who lived downwind of nuclear bomb testing then developed certain cancers ...

The number of Chinese operational nuclear warheads has increased by more than 100 to over 600, the Pentagon reported.

A thousand feet beneath the desert, the United States conducts experiments to verify that its weapons work. But some fear a ...

On this day 74 years ago, nuclear testing kicked off at the Nevada Test Site, just 65 miles north of Las Vegas.

President Donald Trump's allies are arguing that the United States should resume nuclear weapons testing to send a message to ...

No country except North Korea has detonated a nuclear bomb in a test since the 1990s, and open-air tests were banned by the international community in the 1960s. That's a good thing; the practice ...

Andy Haverly aims to save Earth by using a 1960s project to extract geological materials from the ocean floor.

While the prospect of a nuclear bomb being dropped on New York City is decidedly slim, the simulation - created by expert ...

The U.S. hasn't tested a nuclear weapon in decades, and since the 1990s has used simulations and experiments to verify they're working properly. NPR was granted a rare look at how they do it.