nuclear weapons

Inside 'El Capitan' the Most Powerful Supercomputer Ever Built. It Will Simulate Nuclear Weapons

The $600-million machine is powered by over 11 million cutting-edge processors.

North Korea wants you to look at its nuclear weapon facilities

North Korea has not one but two facilities for processing weapon-grade uranium.

The fastest man-made object is a manhole cover that was blasted into space by an underground nuclear test

It was “going like a bat!”

What's the difference between nuclear fission and fusion

Despite having some things common, the two can be considered polar opposites.

What are tactical nuclear weapons? Here's what they mean for the war in Ukraine

Tactical nuclear weapons were designed to be used on the battlefield rather than for strategic defense, but that doesn’t mean there’s a plausible case for using them.

A modern nuclear war would be "globally catastrophic" and cause its own little ice age

It's a type of war we should do our utmost best to avoid.

Could Iodine tablets really help in case of a nuclear war?

To be honest, few things would help in the case of a nuclear war.

Stanislav Petrov - the man who probably saved the world from a nuclear disaster

Russia's nuclear forces have been put on "high alert" after the country decided to invade Ukraine.

The 'Tsar Bomba': the most powerful nuclear weapon ever made

The nuclear device was so powerful, it was too big to use effectively.

Scientists discover new quasicrystal formed by first-ever nuclear explosion at Trinity Site

The existence of these extremely rare crystals was thought to be impossible until a few decades ago.

Only five nuclear explosions are enough to change the climate and trigger a 'nuclear autumn'

In the case of China's five-megaton bomb, a single throw is enough to destabilize the planet's climate.

The U.S. Military is still using floppy disks to coordinate its nuclear arsenal

Some might be surprised to learn that the country's entire nuclear arsenal is still programmed on floppy disks, and army personnel is still reliant on the antiqued IBM Series/1 computer to implement the launch codes.

North Korean nukes are getting bigger, geology finds

While the world was asleep, a few days ago North Korea made its latest nuclear test, the third that we know of. This has prompted intense international pressure on the North Korean regime, as you might imagine, what’s interesting, rather frightening actually, is that seismic activity shows the nukes are getting ever bigger. Pyongyang said […]

The US wanted to nuke the moon during the cold war

Paranoia, fear and the prospect of total global annihilation. These thoughts constantly plagued the leaders of the developed world during the cold war, as the two super power of the time, the US and USSR, pranced back and forth in a potentially deadly dance. It was during this time that some of the most devious, inconceivable […]

Iran almost completed their first nuclear reactor. Should we worry ?

This seems to be the one of the most asked questions these days; what’s my opinion on it ? You should worry about it just as much as you worry about a brick suddenly falling in your head – probably less. After decades of development and hard work (yeah, that’s right, people from all around […]