Nuclear9 Jun 2025Hunting Curie's radioactive fingerprints in ParisMarie Curie worked with radioactive material with her bare hands. More than 100 years later, Sophie Hardach travels to Paris to trace the radioactive fingerprints she left behind.9 Jun 2025Future24 May 2025The Soviet nuclear plan to reverse Siberian riversIn the 1970s, the USSR used nuclear devices to try to send water from Siberia's rivers flowing south, instead of its natural route north.24 May 2025Future27 Jan 2025How to read the Doomsday ClockThe Doomsday Clock depicts how close humanity is to armageddon – but where did it come from, how do you read its time, and what can we learn from it?27 Jan 2025Future17 Nov 2024Could the world ban fossil fuels like nukes?The fear of nuclear war forced nations to come together to stop the spread of atomic weapons. Could a similar idea curb the use of fossil fuels?17 Nov 2024Future19 Oct 2024How to build a nuclear tombNuclear waste remains toxic for thousands of years. How do you build a storage facility that will keep it safely buried for millennia?19 Oct 2024Future18 Apr 2024The nuclear answer to moonbase powerAstronauts living on the Moon will need lots of power – but they can't take fuel supplies with them. A new generation of miniature nuclear reactors could be the answer.18 Apr 2024Future13 Apr 2024The secret Scandinavian A-bomb projectIn the years after World War Two, neutral Sweden embarked on an ambitious plan – build its own atomic bomb.13 Apr 2024Future10 Oct 2023The drones that flew into A-bomb blastsThe atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946 were too dangerous for conventional aircraft to observe. Pioneering remote-controlled drones, however, were a perfect match.10 Oct 2023Future22 Sep 2023How bomb detectors decoded a whale songSince the 1990s, a network of sensors has listened for unauthorised nuclear detonations. It has had unanticipated upsides for science – such as identifying a pod of pygmy blue whales.22 Sep 2023Future...