It is possible to simulate the number of casualties and the extent of the influence by radioactive pollutants by dropping a number of nuclear weapons which have a name in history to a favorite place ...

Nukemap 2.5's new features let you see where a cloud of radioactive fallout might drift based on local weather conditions. Fallout refers to the dirt and debris that get sucked up by a nuclear blast, ...

The internet's favorite interactive nuclear blast estimator just got a major update to make it more server-friendly. Nukemap creator, Alex Wellerstein, introduced the latest version of the tool in a ...

Bringing mega-death to your backyard? Yep, there's an app for that. If you're bored playing Words With Friends, perhaps it's time to set off a nuclear holocaust. So far, more than 20,000 virtual ...

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(WRTV) — As the tensions continue between the United States and North Korea, the possibility of a nuclear attack has become real for the first time in 30 years. The threats have continued to escalate ...

70 years ago this week, the US dropped the world's first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, ushering in the nuclear age and all of the problems that come with having such devastating weapons. Obviously ...

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you blew up the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated smack dab in your living room? Thanks to science historian Alex Wellerstein and his handy ...

As if we weren’t all on edge enough following the accidental release of an imminent ballistic missile warning in Hawaii (thankfully a false alarm), a historian who studies science and nuclear weapons ...