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The word “nuclear” is most often associated with war, deterrence, and geopolitical confrontation. Yet history and expert ...

It would be a-crop-alyptic. Amid rising tensions around the world, Penn State University scientists have revealed what the fallout would be from a nuclear war — with an unfathomable famine, mass ...

The U.S. president can order a nuclear launch without consulting anyone, including Congress, and U.S. nuclear weapons have ...

The worlds first hydrogen bomb, codenamed 'Mike'. Nuclear weapons testing conducted by the US at Bikini and Enewtak atolls in ...

While the world is still grappling with the threat of nuclear war, a new study has raised new alarm bells. The study indicated that even a small nuclear war could be a dangerous threat to humanity. It ...

If anything, the widespread lack of comprehension (and so protest) is one big reason nuclear war remains so chillingly ...

Uncle Sam conducted several pointless and destructive experiments on his own people during the Cold War. The most infamous was MKUltra, the CIA's project to develop procedures for mind control using ...

It’s clear and straightforward: the United States must avoid nuclear war or all other national obligations will become moot. It follows that all available fiscal and intellectual resources should be ...

A House of Dynamite gets so many details wrong that the lessons viewers take from the film will likely be counterproductive, even dangerous. If it is a wake-up call, the audience will wake up on the ...