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After a four-decade-long nuclear discord, energy-hungry India to receive uranium from Canada
In the past, nuclear power plants in India have faced uranium shortage; and to fuel these…
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India's National Technology Day is a celebration of its nuclear prowess after the Pokhran test
The National Technology day is observed every year on May 11 to celebrate the technological advance…
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How Christopher Nolan recreated the Trinity Test atomic bomb explosion in 'Oppenheimer' without any CGI
Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" movie used vintage Hollywood tricks to create an atomic bomb expl…
Maiya Focht
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India has successfully test fired its first indigenously made long-ranged artillery gun
Dhanush is a long-range artillery gun with a strike range of 38 km. Also known as the “Desi Bo…
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Indian Army successfully test-fires Brahmos missile
The nearly 300 kms range missile was test launched by a Mobile Autonomous Launcher (MAL) deployed i…
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Indian Army Successfully Test-Fires BrahMos Missile
This missile has a range of 290 Km and will be a prized possession in the Indian armed force.
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The remarkable story of the world's first atomic bomb
Designed and launched under Oppenheimer's chosen codename "Trinity" - inspired by a poem by John Do…
Amanda Macias
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The US Army only ever fired one nuclear artillery shell from its 'Atomic Annie' cannon, and this is what it looked like
Here's what it looked like when the atomic cannon fired its one and only nuclear shot. The blast wa…
Ryan Pickrell
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Hydrogen bombs vs. atomic bombs: Breaking down the differences in how they work, how much they cost, and which is most powerful
Hydrogen bombs and atomic bombs both operate via nuclear physics, but one is 1,000 times more power…
Adam Barnes
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This startup wants to make sure you never wait in line at the movies again
The backdrop to Atom, which Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, and Lionsgate invested a combined $50 mi…
Alex Heath
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A secret bomb and ruined film: Why the US government only told Kodak it was going to test nuclear bombs
Kodak struck a secret deal with the US government to get advance notice before any nuclear testing …
Maiya Focht
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North Korea is nearing its goal: A thermonuclear bomb that can hit the US
"Those possibilities are sufficiently worrisome that I maintain that the crisis is here now, not wh…
Alex Lockie
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The remarkable story of the world's first atomic bomb and how Oppenheimer reacted to the historic moment
J. Robert Oppenheimer was one of the men who oversaw the detonation of the world's first atomic bom…
Amanda Macias,Joshua Zitser
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'The most intimidating minute I have ever spent': The first nuclear weapon test was 74 years ago - here's what it was like to watch the 'shocking' explosion
"We know that there are three possibilities. One, that we will all be blown to bits, if it is more …
Tom Porter,Tom Porter
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How a US government program advocated using nuclear explosions for construction, farming radioactive crops, and blasting holes in the moon
In the 50s and 60s, the US dreamed up ways to bring nuclear tech into everyday life — like bu…
Marianne Guenot
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How atomic bombs work and why Manhattan Project scientists designed two types of bombs during WWII
Atomic bombs work via nuclear fission. When enough radioactive material undergoes fission, it trigg…
Adam Barnes
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The First Atomic Blast Occurred 68 Years Ago Today - Here Are 2000 Nuclear Tests That Have Occurred Since
The time lapse excludes some notable test — including all three by North Korea's (October 2006, May…
Michael Kelley
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Long after Oppenheimer, the US is still paying benefits to people who were exposed to radiation from nuclear tests
Years later, US veterans with illnesses related to nuclear weapons testing like the Trinity test se…
Jake Epstein,Chris Panella
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There's a disturbing reason scientists are worried about the bomb North Korea says it just set off
Instead, many believe the country may have instead developed a weapon that is less powerful than an…