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The asteroid 2024 YR4 has less than one per cent of colliding with Earth.

NASA considers nuking asteroid 2024 YR4 to save the Moon from impact

September 30, 2025 9:45 am

Researchers say we can use two 100-kiloton nuclear bombs to destroy the asteroid 2024 YR4 from hitting the Moon.

Inside US President Harry Truman’s decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki

August 07, 2025 10:22 pm

Although nuclear weapons have thus served as a deterrent, the decision to unleash such a force of devastation was difficult at the time.

What happens when a nuclear weapon goes off?

October 13, 2024 11:13 am

With Japanese atom bomb survivors’ organisation Nihon Hidankyo winning the Nobel Peace Prize, a look at the ghastly effects of a nuclear detonation which have been at the core of the argument for disarmament

2024 Nobel Peace Prize: The Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, one of the very few structures that weren't completely obliterated after the Nuclear bomb was dropped.

Nobel Peace Prize 2024: Who are the winners and why have they been awarded?

October 14, 2024 11:00 am

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, an organisation of survivors of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki bombings. In doing so, the Nobel Committee has highlighted the power of their testimonies and the need for disarmament.

The science behind a nuclear bomb

August 06, 2023 12:40 pm

As Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer ignites conversation around nuclear weapons, a look at how they actually work.

AI chatbots may help criminals create bioweapons soon, warns Anthropic CEO

July 29, 2023 7:04 pm

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei testifies before US Senate that AI systems pose a substantial risk of creating bioweapons and other dangerous weapons in the near future.

Russia’s small nuclear arms: A risky option for Vladimir Putin and Ukraine alike

October 04, 2022 9:40 am

In a fiery speech last week full of bluster and menace, Vladimir Putin said those bombings “created a precedent.”

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Birthplace of Oppenheimer's atomic bomb marks 75 years of discovery

July 09, 2018 3:21 pm

The Los Alamos National Laboratory, the once-secret lab that saw Robert Oppenheimer develop the atomic bomb during World War Two, has turned 75. Here's how the research centre has changed since the discovery of nuclear weapons.