Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.

The world passed a nuclear milestone this week. And, perhaps surprisingly given the recent run of saber-rattling from the ...

There are many things that have defined Nevada over time: the Kit Carson trail, the legalization of gaming and loosening of ...

Nuclear weapons tests are among the most violent events humans can trigger, and that violence leaves fingerprints in the ...

Resuming full testing of nuclear weapons — as President Donald Trump called for last week — would be unnecessary, costly, undermine nonproliferation efforts, and empower the nation’s adversaries to ...

America’s last nuclear detonation was nothing special. Smaller than the bomb that killed 73,000 people in Nagasaki, it exploded 1,397 feet below the Nevada desert. It shook the ground, created a ...

President Donald Trump Thursday sowed confusion among experts with his call for the start of nuclear weapons testing, with some pundits interpreting the announcement as US preparations for a shock ...

In the face of such facts, Trump changed his story. He said that Russia and China are conducting secret nuclear tests and ...

President Trump said on Thursday that the U.S. would begin testing nuclear weapons again for the first time in decades. “We’ve halted many years ago, but with others doing testing I think it’s ...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright revealed the U.S. will not be testing nuclear explosions, putting to rest questions over whether the Trump administration would reverse a decades-old taboo. Testing will ...

A 4.2-magnitude earthquake reported in southern Israel on Thursday (January 15) led to alerts in the Dead Sea and southern ...

VIENNA (AP) — In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion earlier this year that the U.S. would resume nuclear ...