Everyone has wondered, from time to time, whether or not they would survive a nuclear war. But as disasters about which to be paranoid and terrified go, nuclear armageddon is frustratingly imprecise.

Imagine a 150-kiloton nuclear bomb exploded in the city closest to you. Do you know how the city, its surrounding region, and its inhabitants would be affected? If you can't think of much more than "a ...

A new interactive map lets users nuke any location in the world with a nuclear bomb of their choosing. The Nukemap 3D uses Google Earth images to simulate the nuclear attack and bases the animations ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Nuking the city of New York was terrifyingly easy and disturbingly informative. From the bank of the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey, while ...

A while ago the internet was abuzz with talk of a tool called NukeMap, a Google Maps mashup that let users virtually blow up cities with nuclear bombs. The site was more educational than malicious, ...

Imagine a 150-kiloton nuclear bomb exploded in the city closest to you. Do you know how the city, its surrounding region, and its inhabitants would be affected? If you can't think of much more than "a ...