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To mitigate the adverse impact of wind turbines on the local population, they are best located in areas where human ...

America once considered using nuclear bombs to blast through the Bristol Mountains for a highway. This is the forgotten story of Project Carryall.

In the immediate aftermath of a nuclear blast, black rain or radioactive rain starts pouring down from the skies, and every single drop of this unnatural precipitation is highly poisonous and a ...

At the height of the Cold War, how to ensure that senior U.S. government leadership could function during and after a nuclear attack was a topic of intense debate. Defense Secretary Robert ...

The facility was designed to withstand a four-megaton nuclear explosion and was protected by three 19-ton blast doors and accessed via two tunnels from the air base and the city. Construction of ...

A powerful nuclear blast from Iran could have disastrous consequences ... It was named Rainbow as it sits near a mountain range of the same name to its north. According to SPND's disturbing ...

Iran and the United States held a fourth round of negotiations Sunday over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program ... anonymity to discuss the closed-door negotiations, offered a little ...

A Chinese hero used his bare hands to rip open the door of a burning vehicle, saving the driver moments before the car was engulfed in flames. Footage of the rescue, taken by a witness from a ...

The three-story control center inside is mounted on giant springs designed to absorb the shockwave from a nearby nuclear blast. “Today you couldn’t replicate that for $10 million,” said ...