Between 1957 and 1958 the British carried out a series of tests of early atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs at Malden Island in ...

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Whether for good or ill, Alfred’s weapons have contributed to the depopulation of the world.

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While the Allies raced toward Hiroshima, Germany pursued its own nuclear project under Werner Heisenberg. Yet the so-called Uranium Club never came close to a weapon. This episode investigates how ...

Instead, high-energy radiation and electromagnetic pulses dominate, posing serious risks to satellites, spacecraft, and ...

Behind closed doors with the experts who study the end of the world—and what they know about humanity’s capacity for survival ...

If Alfred Bernhard Nobel, the Swedish inventor who instituted the prestigious global Award, the Nobel Prize, were ...

The post-war international order may be tearing apart at the seams and international law is increasingly looking like a ...

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The sun released a powerful solar flare followed by a fast-moving coronal mass ejection on January 18, resulting in a ...

At 3:39 p.m. on January 21, 1968, the aircraft slammed into the ice seven miles west of the base. The impact carved a ...