Everyone has wondered, from time to time, whether or not they would survive a nuclear war. But as disasters about which to be paranoid and terrified go, nuclear armageddon is frustratingly imprecise.

A new tool shows the catastrophic impact of a nuclear strike as Russia deploys its “unstoppable” Oreshnik missile, putting ...

Decade-old nuclear blast simulator, Nukemap is trending again, coinciding with nuclear war fears in the wake of Russian invasion of Ukraine. Created in February 2012, by Alex Wellerstein, a nuclear ...

Nukemap is an interactive website which can be configured to show what would happen if the US and North Korea dropped nuclear bombs on Guam and Pyongyang. Created by Alex Wellerstein, a computer ...

EVER wondered what the devastating impact would be if a nuclear bomb dropped on your area? A terrifying tool reveals how some of the most destructive weapons known to humankind would pan out if ...

It is possible to simulate the number of casualties and the extent of the influence by radioactive pollutants by dropping a number of nuclear weapons which have a name in history to a favorite place ...

Nukemap, developed by Alex Wellerstein, a historian of science at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J., allows us to make the threat of nuclear attack personal. It is easy to ignore ...

Since the end of the Cold War more than 20 years ago, the prospect of nuclear Armageddon has gradually faded from the popular consciousness. But with approximately 23,000 nuclear warheads still ...

A MAP has shown how much of Scotland could be destroyed after a nuclear disaster. Historian Alex Wellerstein created the online interactive map which reveals some of the frightening damage that could ...

It's a chilling thought - but have you ever wondered what would happen if a nuclear bomb was suddenly detonated in Coventry as part of an attack on the UK? CoventryLive has used specialist research to ...

My preference is to write columns about things I’m passionate about, whether it be cleaning up the desert, freeways and commuting or music. But every once in a while, I find my passion drifts to more ...