The world passed a nuclear milestone this week. And, perhaps surprisingly given the recent run of saber-rattling from the likes of Russia and the United States, it’s a positive one.

Where some cities fade away with time, others are deliberately erased and destroyed. Deep within Central Asia, a chilling ...

VIENNA (AP) — In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion earlier this year that the U.S. would resume nuclear testing, a U.S. government representative defended the stance at a global ...

A shallow 4.2-magnitude quake in Israel's Negev desert near Dimona has sparked chatter about a nuclear test. Dimona is where ...

Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least four million premature deaths from ...

In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion earlier this year that the U.S. would resume nuclear testing, a U.S. government representative defended the stance at a global nuclear arms ...

Three decades after the conclusion of the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), the treaty has near universal support and has established a global norm against nuclear test explosions. The treaty ...

At the core of the report’s assessment is the long-term biological impact of ionising radiation, the potential of radiation energy that can damage DNA and disrupt cellular processes. Scientific ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - A mushroom cloud rises from a test blast at the Nevada Test Site on June 24, 1957. (U.S. Energy Department via AP, File) ...