In the summer of 1939, a quiet conversation at Albert Einstein’s Long Island home helped push the United States toward the ...

An artist's conception shows a nuclear power plant on the moon. (Lockheed Martin Illustration) Almost 60 years after America ...

A free and public opening reception for Pitzer College Art Galleries’ “Atomic Dragons,” a group showcase featuring activists ...

In 1957, a British nuclear reactor caught fire and released radioactive contamination across the countryside. Officials downplayed the danger while workers fought the blaze at immense personal risk.

Downtown's favorite Atomic Age brewery is heading north, bringing its mascot duck and IPAs along for the ride. Able Baker Brewing is gearing up to open an Able Baker Bomb Shelter in Centennial Hills, ...

The National Atomic Testing Museum will celebrate “Atomic Frontier Day” on Saturday, Jan. 31, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visitors to the museum can explore its collection of exhibits revealing the history ...

The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Board of Trustees has elected Jack Abraham to the private not-for-profit institution's governing body. Abraham is the founder, CEO, and managing partner of ...

From a design perspective, the Doomsday Clock is remarkably economical. Four dots. Two hands. The universal language of ...

The human race is mere seconds from catastrophe, according to the ominously named “Doomsday Clock,” as it ticks closer to midnight than ever before.

Optical atomic clocks are 100 times more precise than cesium clocks. Scientists are using them to search for dark matter and measure gravity.

At the request of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the "Father of Oak Ridge" Kenneth Nichols retired from the Army to become general ...

Midnight represents the moment at which people will have made Earth uninhabitable.