Nuclear reactors and atomic bombs both rely on nuclear fission, but does that mean that a reactor could turn into an atomic ...

In 1957, scientists detonated a nuclear bomb under the Nevada desert — and launched a steel manhole cover at unimaginable speed. Some say it reached space, beating Sputnik by months. This video ...

On August 6, 1945, a 10-foot-long uranium bomb called "Little Boy" was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

Rapidly cooled Two microscope images of the metal sphere that contained the new alloy. (Courtesy: University of Florence/CC BY-SA 4.0) One of my favourite books about physics is The Second Kind of ...