Articles by

Chris Baraniuk

No One Knows If Decades-Old Nukes Would Actually Work

Flattened cities, millions of people burnt to death, and yet more tortured by radioactive fallout. That harrowing...

It’s Getting Too Hot to Make Snow

Ted Shepherd, a climate scientist at the University of Reading in the UK, knows what it’s like...

How Airports Catch Illicit Radioactive Cargo

Arktis’ detectors can also be installed in doorways or used in luggage-handling locations. They work entirely passively...