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Nuclear reactions that are found in thermonuclear explosions, stars measured for first time

A California-based lab has made the first experimental measurements of nuclear reactions in high-energy-density ...

The military once considered using balloons as nuclear weapons systems

During the Cold War the U.S. considered putting nuclear weapons on balloons and letting them float into enemy territory for a ...
The Economist

Donald Trump’s alarming muddle about nuclear-weapons testing

“A HOUSE of Dynamite”, Kathryn Bigelow’s film about a nuclear strike on America, explores the terror and uncertainty of a nuclear crisis. An intercontinental ...
NBC New York

Which countries have nuclear weapons and how are they tested? What to know

President Donald Trump's comments Thursday suggesting the United States will restart its testing of nuclear weapons upends decades of American policy in regards to the bomb, but come as Washington's ...
Reuters

Nuclear testing: Why did it stop, why test and who has nuclear weapons?

Oct 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military on Thursday to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons after a gap of 33 years, minutes before beginning a meeting with ...
CNN

More than 2,000 nuclear weapons have been detonated in the past 80 years. Their effects still linger around the world

Growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the 1950s and 60s, Mary Dickson was among the millions of American schoolchildren taught to “duck and cover” in the event of a nuclear war. “I just remember ...
ABC News

Experts warn of environmental and health risks as Trump orders nuclear testing

One expert says explosive nuclear testing would be 'alarming.' President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he is ordering the United States to resume nuclear testing, leaving experts wondering ...