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79 years ago, 23 US nuclear tests devastated Bikini Atoll; 70 years later, Stanford University reserachers found giant corals, sharks and tuna thriving in its craterIn 1946, the US began nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll, conducting 23 explosions that displaced all the inhabitants and destabilised the cor...26 Sep, 2026, 05.05 PM IST- North Korea rejects call to halt nuclear testsNorth Korea's foreign ministry has dismissed calls from an international group to stop nuclear tests. The meeting urged North Korea to comp...24 Sep, 2026, 09.27 PM IST
- Trump to raise detainees issue with Xi, but other rights issues may not come upUS President Trump intends to raise the issue of two detained US citizens with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Advocates express concern that br...24 Sep, 2026, 07.00 AM IST
- UK, France and other European countries dumped 200,000 radioactive waste barrels in the Atlantic from 1946 to 1993. What happens now?From 1946 to 1993, several European nations including the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and German...22 Sep, 2026, 09.37 PM IST
- A sheep rancher from New Mexico found strange debris scattered across the desert near Roswell in 1947. Newspapers declared a ‘flying saucer’ had been captured, and 47 years later, investigators linked it to a secret Cold War program1947 Roswell UFO incident: In 1947, a rancher stumbled upon strange debris, initially hailed as a flying saucer. However, the military late...18 Sep, 2026, 11.25 AM IST
- In 1962, the US detonated a 1.4-megaton nuclear bomb in space that knocked out streetlights and triggered burglar alarms in Hawaii. 64 years later, it says weapons are already in orbitThe United States has acknowledged its possession of orbital space-control weapons, a declaration echoing a 1962 nuclear test that generate...15 Sep, 2026, 09.36 PM IST
- India has 190 nuclear warheads with potential to produce up to 225: ReportIndia is estimated to have assembled around 190 nuclear warheads, including more than 160 for operational launchers and additional warheads...10 Sep, 2026, 04.40 PM IST
- In 1953, Britain detonated an atomic bomb in Australia, sending a mysterious black mist across the desert before a secret programme began testing children’s bones for radiationDuring the Cold War, Britain undertook covert nuclear tests in Australia, leading to hazardous radioactive fallout termed the Black Mist th...26 Aug, 2026, 12.59 PM IST
- In the 1950s, U.S. nuclear tests were conducted at Bikini and Enewetak; decades later, Guam corals preserved carbon-14 spikes linked to tests in 1954, 1956, and 1958Guam’s coral reefs act as natural historians, chronicling chemical footprints of Cold War-era nuclear tests. Distinct radiocarbon spikes fr...25 Aug, 2026, 04.29 PM IST
- Train to nowhere? South Korea's lonely push for peace with the NorthSouth Korea's Woljeong-ri station project symbolizes peace hopes amid complex inter-Korean relations. President Lee Jae Myung's dovish appr...21 Aug, 2026, 10.07 AM IST
- Since 1958, tidal groundwater has continued moving beneath Runit Dome in the Marshall Islands, where 85,000 cubic meters of radioactive material rest; now rising Pacific seas are raising questions about the future of the 115-meter-wide structureTidal groundwater moves freely beneath Runit Dome in the Marshall Islands. Built over a nuclear crater, the 115-meter concrete structure ho...20 Aug, 2026, 09.08 PM IST
- How an Indian X handle's fake Iran quote reached Netanyahu, USA false claim about Iran's nuclear ambitions spread through Israeli and US networks. This originated from an India-based X account and was ...18 Aug, 2026, 11.57 AM IST
- In 1919, German crews sank their own fleet at Scapa Flow. 100 years later, its steel became prized by industry for being radioactive-freeIn 1919, German crews deliberately sank much of their surrendered fleet at Scapa Flow rather than allow the ships to be divided among the A...18 Aug, 2026, 12.59 AM IST
- A Latvian astronomer and his wife drove 190 miles to a secret Soviet ghost town in 1994; found a 600-ton telescope the Russians had poured acid on - adapted the Cold War machine built to spy on the West and listen to the starsAfter the retreat of Russian forces from Latvia, a concealed Soviet-era radio telescope came to light. Astronomer Juris Zhagars dedicated h...16 Aug, 2026, 02.16 PM IST
- A 2024 study tried to find out if hair swirls turn differently in the Northern and Southern hemispheres; after studying 174 children and twins, researchers found more counterclockwise whorls in the South and a genetic linkResearchers explored hair whorl direction differences between hemispheres. Counterclockwise whorls were more frequent in the Southern Hemis...16 Aug, 2026, 10.46 AM IST
- A US satellite detected a mysterious flash in 1979; the CIA said it was probably a nuclear test, but nearly 50 years later, the mystery remains unsolvedA US satellite observed dual flashes in the South Atlantic back in 1979, leading intelligence officials to speculate a nuclear test with no...15 Aug, 2026, 01.50 PM IST
- In 1967, US satellites searching for nuclear tests detected mysterious flashes from space. Decades later, scientists uncovered secrets of gamma-ray bursts, which can release more energy in 10 seconds than Sun will emit over its entire 10-billion-year lifetimeGamma-ray bursts, first detected accidentally in 1967, have long puzzled astronomers. Recent observations of their afterglows are now chall...09 Aug, 2026, 06.30 PM IST
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