(CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country will explore the possibility of carrying out fresh nuclear tests after US President Donald Trump said last week that Washington would begin ...

Nuclear weapons tests are among the most violent events humans can trigger, and that violence leaves fingerprints in the Earth, sea, air, and even in orbit. The physics of shock waves, sound, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People perform for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a celebration for nuclear scientists and engineers who contributed to a ...

Alex Partezana was a 22-year-old Marine in April 1953 when he received an unusual order: to observe nuclear weapons testing in the desert outside Las Vegas, Nevada. He still remembers the first blast ...

Russia's Vladimir Putin ordered top officials on Wednesday to submit plans for the possible resumption of nuclear testing, a direct response to President Donald Trump's surprise instruction for the ...

(CNN) — The world passed a nuclear milestone this week. And, perhaps surprisingly given the recent run of saber-rattling from the likes of Russia and the United States, it’s a positive one. “As of ...