The Purdue Exponent

'They poisoned us': grappling with deadly impact of nuclear testing

Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least four million premature deaths from ...
fox6now

American honey is radioactive from nuclear bomb test in the 1950s, researchers say

LOS ANGELES - Scientists are finding traces of radioactive fallout from atomic bomb testing during the 1950s and 1960s in honey produced in the United States today. According to a study published on ...
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What happened when the Trinity test bomb detonated, from the creation of green glass to fallout that drifted over 1,000 miles

At approximately 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945, the world's first atomic bomb exploded in the New Mexican desert. It was bright, hot, and loud. Scientists and military personnel crouched nearby in ...
Stars and Stripes

Legislation introduced to expand benefits for atomic veterans on 80th anniversary of first bomb test

As the world marks 80 years since the first atomic bomb was detonated in the New Mexico desert, a Nevada congresswoman introduced new legislation Wednesday intended to streamline benefits for those ...
Snopes.com

Posts claim teen campers were exposed to nuclear fallout from Trinity test. Here's the full story

A number of social media posts in August 2025 shared a story about the civilian aftermath of America's rush to create the atomic bomb in 1945. According to the posts, a group of 13-year-old girls was ...
Las Vegas Sun

Mystery no more: Atomic Museum exhibit unveils Miss Atomic Bomb’s elusive identity

Nuclear testing wasn’t all that went underground in the 1950s in Las Vegas. The identity of the woman in the Atomic Age’s most iconic photograph was also buried. On May 24, 1957, a Sands Copa Room ...
Al-Monitor

Explainer-Nuclear testing: Why did it stop, why test and who has nuclear weapons?

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military on Thursday to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons after a gap of 33 years, minutes before beginning a meeting with Chinese ...
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‘Atomic Paradise' Trains Indigenous Lens on Pacific Nuclear Testing at Taiwan Creative Content Fest

Australian documentary "Atomic Paradise" has been selected for the Taiwan Creative Content Fest, bringing international attention to a project that reframes one of the 20th century's most devastating ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Mushroom Clouds On the Horizon? What Trump's Threat Means For Global Nuclear Testing

In June 2019, the director of the Pentagon's main intelligence agency made an eyebrow-raising allegation about Russia and its nuclear programs: Moscow is testing its atomic weapons. "The US government ...
The Escapist

Super cool World of Fallout exhibition opens at the National Atomic Testing Museum

The National Atomic Testing Museum (NATM) in Las Vegas has opened a Fallout-flavoured display featuring some of the IP’s most recognizable items. The new exhibit invites fans to wander the wasteland ...
Variety

‘Atomic Paradise’ Trains Indigenous Lens on Pacific Nuclear Testing at Taiwan Creative Content Fest

Australian documentary “Atomic Paradise” has been selected for the Taiwan Creative Content Fest, bringing international attention to a project that reframes one of the 20th century’s most devastating ...