The Nuclear Monsters That Terrorized the 1950s

What would a visiting alien learn from Them!, Godzilla, and Attack of the 50-Foot Woman?

Could Scientists Have Prevented the Fukushima Meltdown?

Understanding risk and responsibility after a nuclear disaster.

America’s Nuclear Dumpsters

After Yucca Mountain, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is stocking up on guns and ammo.

Did Chernobyl Cause the Soviet Union To Explode?

The nuclear theory of the fall of the USSR.

How Obama Could Reduce the Risk of Nuclear War Right Now

Minuteman missiles in remote silos are a thermonuclear accident waiting to happen.

Chernobyl’s Wildlife Survivors

The radioactive fallout zone has turned into a refuge.

Do Animals in Chernobyl’s Fallout Zone Glow?

The scientific debate about Europe’s unlikeliest wildlife sanctuary.

The Pro-Nukes Environmental Movement

After Fukushima, is nuclear energy still the best way to fight climate change?

The Ugly Battle Over Virginia’s Uranium

Secret tapes, murky finances, and free trips to Paris.

Fusion Energy’s Dreamers, Hucksters, and Loons

Bottling up the power of the sun will always be 20 years away.