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A rare spotting of a blue whale tail fluke. Credit: Mike Baird. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0.

Nuclear bomb detectors reveal hidden blue whale population

By Susan D’Agostino | Climate Change, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Red trinitite: L. Bindi and P.J. Steinhardt. Used with permission.

What are atomic bomb quasicrystals, and why do they matter?

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

2014 missile launch of the Iskander-M missile system. North Korea’s March 25, 2021 missile test appears to be an improved variant of the Russian Iskander-style short-range ballistic missile. Credit: Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0.

North Korea’s “tactical-guided” ballistic missile test is no joke for Biden and South Korea

By Duyeon Kim | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear photography: Making the invisible visible

By Carole Gallagher | Uncategorized

Siegfried S. Hecker: The story of Plutonium Mountain

By | Interviews, Nuclear Weapons