Discussions about nuclear war often remain distant for many Americans, though past research attempted to calculate what such a disaster might mean across the United States. During the closing years of ...

Theories about the consequences of a global nuclear war—often described in terms like nuclear holocaust—span multiple disciplines, from climate science to geopolitics. The following is structured ...

A Newsweek map shows the safest states to live in during a simulated nuclear attack on U.S. silo fields, according to a scientific study, although experts have warned that "nowhere is truly safe" in ...

In 1984, HBO debuted the made-for-TV film Countdown to Looking Glass. Now, 38 years later, renewed tensions between the United States and Iran — including threats to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

With doomsday nuclear weapons the last remnant of Russia's superpower status, President Vladimir Putin is stepping up threats to use them against Western powers aiding Ukraine. (Photo by Alexander ...

In these New York Times photographs, taken during mandatory civil defense drills in the fervid early years of the Cold War, you can almost hear the absence of sound. Something is missing here, and ...

Erin D. Dumbacher is the Stanton nuclear security senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. The United States has the power and a process to respond when it is under nuclear attack, but only ...