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A Whole Lot of Nuclear Madness in One Week
Remember that 1963 comedic caper movie, “It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”? Okay, maybe not. It was director Stanley Kramer’s ...
What Happens If Asteroid 2024 YR4 Strikes Earth — And Why We Can’t ‘Nuke’ It
An asteroid between about 130 and 300 ft. (40 and 90 meters) in diameter has been given a 2.3% chance of it hitting Earth on ...
When and where can Asteroid 2024 YR4 hit the Earth? Possible impact locations & effects explained
YR4: The Potential Impact Scenario If 2024 YR4 were to hit Earth, the most likely outcome would be an airburst explosion in the atmosphere rather than a direct surfa ...
NASA Issues Update on 'City-Killer' Asteroid's Chances of Hitting Earth
Space agencies monitoring the Y24 asteroid said there was a 2.6-percent chance of impact with Earth, up from 2.2 percent a ...
Trump administration brings back fired nuclear weapons workers in DOGE reversal
The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation’s ...
Next Act Theatre's 'The Children' embeds a big question in powerful human drama
In Lucy Kirkwood's drama, inspired by the Fukushima accident, an old friend visits retired nuclear scientists with an urgent ...