AI is being woven into military systems intended to help human commanders make decisions in times of crisis, but there is no real-world data for training machines about nuclear war.

The latest scientific research on nuclear bomb survival distances offers crucial insights into the safest areas to take shelter during such an event, and the various factors that influence survival ...

A chilling map simulation created by top scientists reveals how residents across North America could be impacted by nuclear fallout. Researchers at the Brown Institute for Media Innovation and the ...

President Donald Trump has called for the United States to test its nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades. But Trump’s statements about testing — in particular, whether other nations are ...

A nuclear engineer examines how visual effects artists interpret the size and power of nuclear explosions. The reaction compares cinematic portrayals with real-world physics, explaining what’s ...