So you're minding your own business when all of a sudden, a nuclear bomb goes off, there's a shock wave, fires all around, general destruction and you, having somehow survived, need a drink. What can ...

North Korea warned this week that it might test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean, after saying the country had already successfully detonated one. A hydrogen bomb has never be ...

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The 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is this week. It was the only time nuclear warheads were used during war. Here’s a look at the history and current U.S. stockpile.

A 100-ton explosive test occurred at Trinity Site on May 7, 1945, as a rehearsal for the atomic bomb test. The 100-ton test was largely unnoticed, unlike the July 16 atomic bomb test which was seen as ...

Eighty years after the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the city has transformed. The bombing immediately killed 80,000 people and destroyed 70% of the city's buildings. Today, Hiroshima is a ...

If the bomb detonated at or near ground level, a towering mushroom cloud would form, sucking up soil, steel, concrete, and whatever remains of the people and buildings below. That cloud wouldn’t just ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Jul 16, 2025, 10:38am EDT Jul 16, 2025, 12:02pm EDT The mushroom ...