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A man watches news of a North Korean rocket launch

Space

North Korea claims test of an intercontinental ballistic missile

The missile was launched into Japanese waters, but analysts suggest it could potentially be used to hit Alaska, raising the stakes once more in North Korea’s nuclear efforts

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Energy security is possible without nuclear power or fracked gas

Earth

Energy security is possible without nuclear power or fracked gas

Comment

SPIDER reactor

Physics

Inside the SPIDER facility, preparing for nuclear fusion tests

Regulars

submarine

Technology

Wake-up call: How turbulence could reveal secret nuclear subs

Features

power plant picture

Physics

What the end of the atomic renaissance means for nuclear power

Insight

Fukushima

Health

Fear is a killer: Nuclear expert reveals radiation's real danger

Features

Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on

Life

Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on

Features

Abstract image of two glowing orbs surrounded by spirals of light

Physics

Wiggling atom probes buddy molecule without disturbing it

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screen grab of TV report on Fukushima disaster

Health

Fukushima accident gave everyone an X-ray’s worth of radiation

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Korea missile

Humans

Talk of a 'localised nuclear conflict' is ignorant and dangerous

Any nuclear war, no matter how small, would result in a nuclear famine. We should all work to dispel the notion that regional conflicts would have only regional effects

Leader

Humans

Up and atom: The fights to put people into the periodic table

Features

Physics

Waste-munching bacteria could make nuclear stores safer

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Physics

Trump plans to revive nuclear waste plans axed by Obama in 2010

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Health

A nuclear ghost town in Japan welcomes back residents this week

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