nuclear weapons
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How many nuclear weapons exist?Answers to how many nuclear weapons exist, who has them and how powerful are they.
By Joe Phelan Published
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On the 'doorstep of doom': Doomsday Clock stands at 100 seconds to midnightThe hypothetical clock's hands mark our nearness to annihilation.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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Will the Doomsday Clock move forward or back? Watch live to find outThe Doomsday Clock debuted 75 years ago to highlight the threat of nuclear weapons to our survival as a species, a risk now accompanied by escalating climate change and global pandemics.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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Dying white dwarf stars may explode like a nuclear bombWhen a white dwarf star explodes as a supernova, it may be detonating like a nuclear weapon on Earth, a new study finds.
By Charles Q. Choi Published
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US Air Force says it will test bizarre 'hypersonic' weapon this monthAt some point in the next few weeks, the U.S. plans to fire an extreme, hypersonic weapon. The question remains: What's the point?
By Rafi Letzter Published
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Doomsday Clock stands at 100 seconds to midnightThe Doomsday Clock — a hypothetical clock that measures our nearness to utter annihilation, represented by the midnight hour — maintains last year's time.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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Iran is enriching uranium to 20%. What does that mean?Iran announced it is enriching uranium to 20% purity which increases their nuclear capabilities, but it's not too late to defuse the situation.
By Patrick Pester Published
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Doomsday Clock is now 100 seconds from midnightA hypothetical timepiece called the Doomsday Clock measures our nearness to Armageddon — by nuclear weapons, climate change and other global threats.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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Here's How a Princeton Physicist Lost Classified H-Bomb Documents in 1953 … on a Night TrainA physicist who coined the term "black hole" lost highly sensitive nuclear weapons information when the U.S. had just completed tests of the first hydrogen bomb.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
