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Southern Milky Way

Space

Oddball star could be home to long-sought superheavy elements

One of the most chemically strange stars we know could chart a path to the so-called "island of stability", where massive yet relatively stable atoms exist

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Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan

Health

Exposed: Soviet cover-up of nuclear fallout worse than Chernobyl

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US submarine

Technology

How Trump’s erratic nuclear posture could spark a new arms race

Insight

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Health

Is historic Soviet radiation health data too hot to handle?

Leader

Road sign with Cyrillic script with river and grassland beyond

Health

Exclusive: First visit to Russia's secret nuclear disaster site

Features

Breakthrough Prize hands out $25 million for 'Oscars' of science

Life

Breakthrough Prize hands out $25 million for 'Oscars' of science

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Inside of fusion reactor JET, showing a purple plasma on the right

Technology

Brexit puts Europe's nuclear fusion future in doubt

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Health

Old 51¶¯Âþ: Happily upholding ideals since issue number 1

Regulars

The world in 2076: Artificial starlight has made energy free

Technology

The world in 2076: Artificial starlight has made energy free

Features

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Earth

The world in 2076: That nuclear war was a bit of a bummer

Even if Russia and the US keep their fingers off the nuclear button, a small-scale nuclear conflict is well capable of trashing the planet

Features

Humans

President Trump’s defence deals may spark a nuclear arms race

Insight

Technology

Controversial India-Japan nuclear deal to be signed this week

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Life

Life's subatomic secret: How we're cracking the Hoyle state

Features

Space

North Korea's nukes are nearly ready for launch. Now what?

Insight

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