Nukes

Science

Newt Gingrich Is Bizarrely Terrified Of Electromagnetic Pulses

2:27AM December 13, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Moon mining isn’t the only thing election and adultery enthusiast Newt Gingrich is worried about — the GOP candidate has repeatedly, publicly, manically claimed that America is on the verge of being hit with an EMP attack. This is crazy. More »


Geek Out

Taking Apart Nukes Is Probably A Stressful Job

5:00AM December 12, 2011 | Sam Biddle

I thought writing about gadgets was tough! Apparently I have nothing to worry about, and neither do you, unless you’re like Wesley Baptiste, who’s training to disarm old nuclear warheads for a living. Don’t drop that wrench. More »


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Check If Your House Will Be Vaporised In A Nuclear War

7:00AM November 14, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Call me paranoid, but I spend nearly every waking moment contemplating whether or not I’d survive a massive nuclear strike. I mean, weirder stuff has happened, guys! Luckily we can now pinpoint our chances with the precision of Google Maps. More »


News

Did Iran Hack The UN’s Nuclear Inspectors?

10:38PM May 19, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Iran says its nuclear program is just for keeping the lights on. The US (and others) say it’s for making country-annihilating weapons. To be sure, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s been keeping tabs—and say they’ve been digitally attacked. More »


News

A Meltdown May Be Under Way At Japan Nuclear Power Plant

10:15AM March 13, 2011 | Casey Chan

An official with Japan’s nuclear and industrial safety agency told CNN that “a meltdown may be under way at one of Fukushima Daiichi’s nuclear power reactors” (the plant that exploded). Earlier, it looked like things would be under control but the company began to experience difficulty cooling the reactor, even attempting to solve the issue by dumping seawater. [CNN]


News

Crazy Russian Nuke Plant: 10,000 Buttons Safer Than One Screen?

7:40AM March 8, 2011 | John Pavlus - Fast Co Design

Touchscreens (and screens in general) are awesome. So sleek! So dynamic! So futuristic! Yeah, well what if they’re fundamentally confusing and dangerous, too? More »


Online

Israel’s Dimona Nuclear Facility Splits Time As Cyberweapon Testing Ground

6:00AM January 17, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Stuxnet, the complex computer worm that nearly crippled Iran’s still-functioning nuclear program, didn’t just sprout from the ether. It was created, by Man, and was probably tested in Israel at the massive (and oft-unacknowledged) Dimona nuclear facility. More »


This Is What A Nuclear Test Site Looks Like From Above

11:00AM October 31, 2010 | Casey Chan

This is a Google Maps Satellite View of Yucca Flat, one of the Nevada Nuclear Test Sites. Over 739 nuclear tests were run between 1951 and 1992 which has left the region scarred and pockmarked to this day. More »


Our Century Of Fallout: Every Nuclear Detonation, Mapped

3:49AM December 9, 2009 | John Herrman

Everyone’s got a notion of how the last century went, in terms of nuclear explosions. There was Hiroshima, then Nagasaki. There were some nuclear tests out in the desert, and the ocean. But would you believe there were over 2000? More »


How A Soviet Doomsday Master Missile Looks And Works

1:00AM September 26, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Yesterday we learnt that the Soviets still have a working doomsday system in place. This is an SS-17 ICBM master missile, which are launched first. Once they are in the skies, they activate the launch for all the Russian nukes. More »