nuclear weapon

A B-52 Carrying Two Hydrogen Bombs Broke Apart Over North Carolina in 1961—and Nearly Caused a Nuclear Disaster

Ryan Whalen·August 29, 2026

The dropping of a nuclear bomb on the United States isn’t just relegated to Cold War fiction; it actually occurred in 1961.

DoD Official Warns Congress About Russia’s Potential Use of a Nuclear Weapon in Space

Micah Hanks·May 2, 2024

This week, lawmakers in Washington were warned about a potentially devastating Russian anti-satellite nuclear weapon during a House Armed Services subcommittee hearing.

nuclear weapon

A B-52 Carrying Two Hydrogen Bombs Broke Apart Over North Carolina in 1961—and Nearly Caused a Nuclear Disaster

DoD Official Warns Congress About Russia’s Potential Use of a Nuclear Weapon in Space

Hackers Claim Major FBI Data Breach in Apparent Retaliation Against the Bureau

Researchers Are Testing Whether Psilocybin Can Treat Depression in Lung Cancer Patients

Could Fungi Be the Missing Ingredient for Growing Food on Mars?

Earth’s Inner Core May Be Secretly Changing the Length of Our Days

Göbekli Tepe Remains an 11,600-Year-Old Enigma—and a New Discovery is Challenging Past Views on Its Mysterious Purpose

New Drilling at Controversial ‘Noah’s Ark’ Site Reveals Organic Material and Mysterious Underground Cavities

Hidden in Ice for Millennia, a 6,000-Year-Old Discovery Has Emerged from Western Scandinavia’s Once-Frozen Landscape

Could a Black Hole Be Used as a Power Plant? We Asked An Expert—Here’s the Surprising Answer

Scientists Just Discovered Strange New Materials That Force Chaotic Waves Into Order

Quantum Leap: Stanford Team Reports Breakthrough First Observation of Quantum Jumps in Sound