A massive American web of orbiting missile interceptors could in theory protect the U.S. from an all-out Russian nuclear ...
Emerging technologies, climate change and emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases are among the leading factors that have seen the world move extremely close to total elimination, scientists have ...
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists made the annual announcement — which rates how close humanity is from ending — citing ...
Humanity has never been so close to destroying itself. At least that's according to nuclear scientists, according to the ...
Post-apocalyptic settings offer a haunting reflection of today’s world, exploring how our fears, choices, and vulnerabilities ...
Lucy Shapiro is a professor of developmental biology at Stanford University School of Medicine and is the Director of the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine. In 2018, she addressed the ...
New atomic clocks are more accurate than those used to define the second, suggesting the definition might need to change ...
By Evelyn Tischer On January 22, 2025, the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, TPNW, celebrated its fourth birthday.
Fires spread by hurricane force winds at temperatures hotter than the sun would consume everything and anyone for miles ...
The US Air Force just launched a nuclear-capable missile at staggering speed, but officials insist it’s just routine. The timing, however, comes just weeks after experts warned that World War 3 may ...