nuclear weapons

A billet of highly enriched uranium. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Pakistan’s Nuclear Arsenal May Have Plateaued: Study

Genbaku Dome, the peace memorial in Hiroshima for the people killed in the atomic bombing of the city on August 6, 1945. Credit: neil137/pixabay

‘When Do We Become Scared?’

Scientists Set ‘Doomsday Clock’ Closer to Midnight Than It’s Been in 64 Years

A mockup of 'Fat Man', the bomb that blew up over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Credit: euthman/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

What Makes a Hydrogen Bomb So Deadly and Why North Korea Says it Has One