Eighty years ago, a weapon was used which would transform modern warfare and the entire world forever. Hiroshima, in Japan, was the target of the first ever nuclear weapon, dropped by the US Air Force ...

The hydrogen bomb, unlike the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima, generates energy through fusion by fusing isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium and tritium. This fusion process requires extremely high ...

THE FIRST NUCLEAR reactor on earth went critical 2 billion years ago in western Africa when groundwater seeped into a rich vein of uranium ore. It controlled itself elegantly, its water moderator ...

On August 6, 1945, the sky above the Japanese city of Hiroshima opened. A blinding flash, then a deafening sonic boom. An entire city pulverized in seconds. Thus began the nuclear age. Today, 80 years ...

The 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is this week. It was the only time nuclear warheads were used during war. Here’s a look at the history and current U.S. stockpile.

As the video illustrates, it doesn’t matter much who starts the war: when one side launches nuclear missiles, the other side ...