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SciencePhysics & ChemistryHow Do We Know the Nukes Still Work?
Scientists at U.S. National Laboratories are still testing nuclear weapons among the mountains, desert, and chaparral of the American West. High-tech machinery and warehouses stocked with supercomputer processors take data on warheads and explosions—yes, there are still explosions, which crack like rifle fire on schedule in the distance. But there are no nuclear explosions. Though … Continued
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Tech NewsNorth Korea Test-Fires Cruise Missiles Just to Heighten Everyone’s Anxiety Right Now
North Korea test-fired multiple short-range missiles early Tuesday morning, according to several reports, serving as a great reminder that there are plenty of other things that could destroy humanity beyond the coronavirus pandemic. Nuclear war between the U.S. and North Korea, by choice or by accident, is still always a possibility. The cruise missiles were … Continued
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Tech NewsNo, China Did Not Secretly Detonate a Nuke in the South China Sea to Signal the Start of WWIII
The Chinese government has almost certainly not secretly detonated a tactical nuclear weapon in the South China Sea to send a warning signal to the United States, experts told Gizmodo, regardless of widespread claims to the contrary on social media. The source of this particular rumor appears to be Hal Turner, a far-right New Jersey … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityReport: Nikki Haley Used Unclassified Email System During North Korean ICBM Crisis Because She Forgot Her Password
In July 2017, former South Carolina governor and the Trump administration’s former ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley used a government system for unclassified information to discuss North Korean rocket launches because she forgot her password to the secure one, the Daily Beast reported on Wednesday. At the time, North Korea was testing Hwasong-14 … Continued
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Tech NewsNetflix and Spotify Might Be Required to Issue Emergency Alerts From the Government Just Like TV and Radio
Streaming services like Netflix, Disney+, and Spotify might be required to issue emergency alerts from the government if U.S. lawmakers have their way. TV and radio stations operating in the U.S. are required by law to issue emergency warnings, like the infamous fake missile alert for Hawaii issued in early 2018, but lawmakers want to … Continued
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Tech NewsStudy: Nuclear War Between India and Pakistan Would Trigger Global Starvation
In addition to killing as many as 125 million people, a nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan would unleash mass starvation around the world due to the ensuing climate impacts, according to a disturbing new study. As if we need to be reminded of the horrors of nuclear war, new research published today in Science … Continued
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Tech NewsReport: Trace Amounts of Uranium Found by Inspectors at Iranian Site
Diplomats who have closely observed the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) work in Iran said that investigators discovered traces of uranium at a Tehran-based storage facility, Reuters reported on Sunday, and that Iran has yet to issue any explanation why. According to Reuters, vague reports that radioactive material had been detected at the site have … Continued
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Tech NewsPresident Trump Denies Report That He Wants to Nuke Hurricanes
President Donald Trump is denying a report from Axios that claimed he wants to nuke hurricanes in order to neutralize them. Trump has called out Axios by name and insists that he “never said this,” according to a tweet sent earlier today from the G7 summit in France. Axios published an article last night about … Continued
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Tech NewsRussian Health Officials Blame ‘Fukushima Crabs’ for Cesium-137 Exposure After Mysterious Accident
A doctor who treated survivors of a mysterious nuclear accident in Russia was told that the radioactive isotope cesium-137 must have made its way into their body due to “Fukushima crabs,” according to CNN. The August 8 incident at the Nyonoksa testing range on a platform in the White Sea has not yet been fully … Continued
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Tech NewsTed Cruz Predicted in 2016 That Donald Trump Would Nuke Denmark If the ‘Twitterer in Chief’ Became President
President Donald Trump announced last night that he’s postponing a trip to Denmark next month because the Prime Minister of that country wasn’t interested in selling him Greenland. The president’s decision is bizarre, to say the least, but someone did warn us this might happen. Republican Senator Ted Cruz made some comments back in 2016 … Continued
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Tech NewsRussian Nuclear Agency Rosatom Confirms Radiation Leak Following Rocket Engine Test
Russian nuclear agency Rosatom admitted late on Friday that a suspicious cloud of radiation that spread over the Arkhangelsk region was caused by an explosion at one of its facilities, the Guardian reported, involving experiments involving an “isotope power source for a liquid-fuelled rocket engine.” Rosatom said that the accident, which temporarily sent radiation spiking … Continued
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Tech NewsNorth Korean State Media Posts Photos of Kim Jong Un Touring ‘Newly Built’ Submarine
North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un, whose lineage is well known as the world’s foremost lookers at things, has toured a “newly built” submarine, the country’s state-run media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) wrote in a release. The KCNA report was light on details, other than that the craft received Kim’s “special attention” and the … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityIran Says It Will Begin Enriching Uranium Beyond Nuclear Deal Limits
Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said on Monday that it has increased production of low-enriched uranium—of the type suitable for use in nuclear power generators, but not nuclear warheads—to levels that will exceed limits imposed in the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and other world powers by June 27, the New York Times reported on Monday. … Continued
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Tech NewsThink HBO’s Chernobyl Is Brutal? Check Out This Haunting Animation That Aired on TV in the 1950s
HBO’s new miniseries Chernobyl has gotten a lot of attention for its gory realism. Radiation from a nuclear power plant disaster is brutal for the human body, to say the least. But the explicit nature of Chernobyl almost pales in comparison to some of the things that were shown in the 1950s. Like this British … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityNorth Korea Launches ‘Several’ Unidentified Projectiles Amid Stalled Nuclear Talks
North Korea fired off what the South Korean military described as “several unidentified short-range projectiles” early Saturday local time in a move that could threaten to upset whatever diplomatic gains the U.S. has achieved with the country in recent years, the New York Times reported. According to the Times, the incident was the “most serious … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityReport: Saudi Arabia Making Brisk Progress on Experimental Nuclear Reactor
A small, experimental nuclear reactor being constructed by Argentina’s state-backed nuclear company INVAP at Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology in Riyadh has spurred renewed concerns about Saudi leadership’s intentions for the program, CNN reported on Sunday, even as its development zips along at a brisk pace. According to CNN, former director … Continued
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