The Atomic Age introduced a whole new level of paranoia to the world. Whether it was the threat of nuclear war replete with atomic bombs wiping out civilization or worry about nuclear power, the ...

When thinking about the best war movies of all time, people tend to imagine the ... Set in a fictional Cold War that ultimately leads to full-on nuclear war, The Day After captures life in middle ...

Back in 1984, the BBC broadcast an apocalyptic TV film about World War 3 that terrified audiences. Nominated for seven BAFTAs, Threads imagined a nuclear war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact.

Today, those fears have largely subsided — but anyone who wants a glimpse of what it was like to live in fear of the bomb can look back at the rash of nuclear war–themed movies that were ...

Nuclear-weapons ... being detonated as an act of war. More from How Real Is It? Nuclear-weapons physicist Greg Spriggs rates eight nuclear-explosion scenes in movies. He analyzes the portrayal ...

I interviewed three anti-nuke activists to understand the Doomsday Clock and how our society thinks about the very real ...