Tag: Nuclear weapons
The treaty meant to control nuclear risks is under strain 80...
Stephen Herzog, Middlebury
Eighty years ago – on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945 – the U.S. military dropped atomic...
How the world’s nuclear watchdog monitors facilities around the world –...
Anna Erickson, Georgia Institute of Technology
What happens when a country seeks to develop a peaceful nuclear energy program?...
Military force may have delayed Iran’s nuclear ambitions – but history...
Stephen Collins, Kennesaw State University
While the U.S. military’s strikes on Iran on June 21, 2025, are believed to...
What damage did the US do to Iran’s nuclear program? Why...
Joshua Rovner, American University
The U.S. Air Force dropped a dozen ground-penetrating bombs, each weighing 30,000 pounds (13,607 kilograms),...
Why the US bombed a bunch of metal tubes − a...
Anna Erickson, Georgia Institute of Technology
When U.S. forces attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 21, 2025, the main...
Uranium enrichment: A chemist explains how the surprisingly common element is...
André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology
When most people hear the word uranium, they think of mushroom clouds,...
US bombs Iran’s nuclear sites: What led to Trump pulling the...
Javed Ali, University of Michigan
In the early hours of June 22, 2025, local time, the United States attacked...
What does Israel’s strike mean for US policy on Iran and...
Javed Ali, University of Michigan
Israel’s strike on Iranian nuclear and military facilities has pushed the Middle East one...
EXPLORING NATURE
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we...
Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of Rhode Island
When polar ice sheets melt, the effects...
