A U.S. official focusing on arms control has provided what he called new, declassified details of a Chinese underground ...

US intelligence agencies believe that China is developing a new generation of nuclear weapons and has conducted at least one covert explosive test in recent years as part of a broader push to ...

The U.S. government revealed new intelligence on Tuesday suggesting China may have conducted an ...

Should the U.S. and Russia resume nuclear testing? The answer to that question must be a resounding “No.” Yet President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, eager to project strength, have ...

Jay Cowan still worries about the Rulison blast’s proximity to the Colorado River and expresses disbelief at the 107 days that radioactive gas was burned in order to test whether the radionuclides ...

President Donald Trump says the U.S. plans to restart nuclear weapons testing for the first time in more than 30 years, a move experts fear could raise global tensions and disrupt the nuclear balance ...

It might not have as reverent a name as the Trinity Test or a litany of films made about it. But Project Gnome, a 1961 explosive nuclear test conducted near Carlsbad, is a relic of a bygone era in New ...

President Donald Trump’s calls to ramp up nuclear weapons testing last week have put nuclear watchdogs and world leaders on alert while experts say the United States has little to gain. Photo by Yuri ...

From Trinity’s fallout to a New Mexico school underground, “Nuclear Family” traces how the bomb reshaped one family and a ...