The risk of nuclear war is arguably higher than it's been since the 1980s, due to ongoing conflicts and tensions. So what would happen if a nuclear bomb was dropped on New York City?

The threat of nuclear war, whether through the use of a nuclear bomb or dirty bomb, remains a complex and uncertain risk - but one that is being taken more seriously with each passing day ...

More Americans are now eligible for compensation for health problems linked to radiation exposure from the atomic weapons ...

Within a 6-kilometer radius of a 1 megaton bomb, blast waves would produce 180 metric tons of force on the walls of all two-story buildings, and wind speeds of 255 kilometers/hour (158 mph).

Nature suffers too. After the blast, a huge firestorm can start, fed by strong winds. It can burn for hours, using up all the oxygen and suffocating people who survived the blast. In Hiroshima, this ...

Archbishop John C. Wester, clad in black and flanked by two other New Mexico Catholic bishops, stood poised to venture into the White Sands Missile Range with plans to pray for peace and the ...

When a nuclear bomb detonates, the devastation is immediate and terrifying. But outside the area of total destruction, the dangers don’t vanish—they change.