Forty years ago, the catastrophic explosion at Chernobyl sent plumes of radioactive waste into the atmosphere. Now, New Scientist has gained exclusive access to learn how vital work to decontaminate t ...

Explosions don’t just destroy buildings. Here’s what missiles and drones actually do to the human body, and why the worst ...

On April 13, 2017, the United States military carried out a massive airstrike in Afghanistan using one of the largest non-nuclear bombs ever built. The ...

Strikes to Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant could release long-lasting radioactive cesium 137 into the Persian Gulf, ...

An AP reporter describes how Israel's massive bombardment of Beirut stunned the city. Israel's biggest coordinated attack of ...

North Korea says its weapons tests this week involved various new systems, including ballistic missiles armed with ...

(CNN) — When Iran’s covert nuclear program came to international attention over two decades ago, Tehran insisted that its intentions were peaceful and that it had no plans to develop weapons. The ...

CAIRO (AP) — Iranians were already reeling from a shattered economy and the mass killing of protesters when the first U.S. and Israeli bombs slammed into Tehran a month ago. Now they are struggling to ...

Kodak wasn’t trying to monitor nuclear activity — but something unusual started showing up in its film. What began as a manufacturing mystery quickly turned into a discovery with global implications.