Ettore Majorana vanished in March 1938. According to Frank Close in Destroyer of Worlds, the 31-year-old Sicilian physicist ...

How an atomic weapon is built, and what the recent Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran may mean for the country’s nuclear ambitions.

At 8.15am on August 6, 1945, the Japanese port city of Hiroshima was destroyed by a single bomb dropped by an American B-29 Superfortress. This incredibly powerful new weapon – codenamed Little ...

Gary Shteyngart's 'Vera, or Faith,' and a painstakingly researched history of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan at the end of ...

As net zero goals revive the push for atomic power, could it light the way or lead to disaster? Three timely books explore ...

Einstein never worked directly on developing the world’s first atomic bomb for the United States, but its shadow loomed over ...

If Iran opts to pursue a clandestine nuclear weapons project, the regime would have to shore up its heavily compromised security, experts say.

A hidden document has revealed that troops were given unnecessary x-rays on their way to take part in Britain's first atomic ...

Iran just ended its cooperation with international inspectors, suggesting no post-bombing deal is imminent. That may point to ...

People either don’t know that they were exposed, or they’ve forgotten that they were exposed or they don’t care,” Eddie Jones ...

Israel is attacking Iran’s nuclear sites, but Tehran’s secret path was blazed by the Israelis. “Remember, Iran cannot have ...

Alec Nevala-Lee’s biography revisits the life and career of the Nobel laureate physicist.