How The US Tested Nuclear Weapons (And Why It Became Too Dangerous To Continue)

The history of nuclear weapons testing is a complex and interesting one. Here's the story of the U.S.' nuclear testing program and why it stopped.
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Trump’s remarks on nuclear testing upend decades of U.S. policy. Here’s what to know

President Donald Trump's comments Thursday suggesting the United States will restart its testing of nuclear weapons upends ...

Before 'A House of Dynamite,' These Movies Took on the Bomb

A House of Dynamite is far from the first movie to think about the “what if” doomsday scenario. For much of the Cold War, the ...

Can we actually stop a nuclear missile? 'A House of Dynamite' has a shocking answer

Let's break down the real science behind Netflix's new movie "A House of Dynamite," which imagines a nuclear attack on the ...
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Nuclear Bomb: How it Works in detail. Atomic vs Hydrogen bomb (H-bomb)

The hydrogen bomb, unlike the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima, generates energy through fusion by fusing isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium and tritium. This fusion process requires extremely high ...
Yahoo

His grandfather created the atomic bomb. Now Charles Oppenheimer wants a nuclear summit.

Charles Oppenheimer knows his family name comes with a heavy responsibility. He's the grandson of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who led the Manhattan Project, becoming the father of the atomic ...
Pulitzer Center

Atomic Bomb Survivors and the Lessons of Nuclear War

In August 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki—the only use of... The education teams at the Pulitzer Center and Retro Report invite educators to the free ...
The Conversation

How a Japanese museum project is passing on the testimony of the last atomic bomb survivors

Lauren Anne Constance receives funding from The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the Japan Foundation Endowment Committee. Known as hibakusha in ...