North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for "indefinitely" strengthening his regime's nuclear weapons capacity, state media ...

In the popular imagination, nuclear power plants conjure fears of catastrophic explosions and radiation leaks, such as the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine in 1986. In reality, hundreds of reactors ...

China appears to be building a large laser-ignited fusion research centre in the southwestern city of Mianyang, experts at ...

The U.S. hasn't tested a nuclear weapon in decades, and since the 1990s has used simulations and experiments to verify they're working properly. NPR was granted a rare look at how they do it.

Vladimir Solovyov, a voice of Russian state media, makes a startling prediction about nuclear weapons that could alter the ...

NHK has learned that Japan's government and ruling coalition are considering sending Diet members to a UN nuclear weapons ban treaty conference without observer status.

Longstanding concerns about nuclear weapons—involving the modernization and expansion of arsenals in all nuclear weapons countries, the build-up of new ... The Bulletin is an independent, nonprofit ...

Every second of delay in reversing course increases the probability of global disaster, Atomic Bulletin of Scientists warns.

Lt Gen Kidwai underscored that Pakistan’s nuclear and missile programs, developed over five decades, are indigenous in nature, which he described as their inherent strength. He called for continued ...

The “doomsday clock” symbolising how close humanity is to destruction ticked one second closer to midnight Tuesday as ...

The US president pardons 23 anti-abortion activists, including some convicted of blockading a reproductive health clinic and ...

The US president pardons 23 anti-abortion activists, including some convicted of blockading a reproductive health clinic and intimidating staff and patients.