At 5:29am on July 16, 1945, humanity entered a dangerous new era as the world's very first nuclear explosion blossomed over New Mexico. As the blast, known as the Trinity nuclear test, vaporised the ...

An explosion at an ammunition depot in Russia's Belgorod region has caused significant damage, producing a large mushroom ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The 1945 Trinity nuclear test fused desert sand and bomb-tower materials into trinitite—a glassy substance unlike anything humans had created before.

The local authorities said the cause was an accident at a warehouse that held explosives for mining operations.

Tracks left by some of the earliest complex animals are giving new insights into how they experienced the world. New research ...