Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. conducted above-ground nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas from 1951 until 1962.

PHOENIX — Toyota is set to expand its massive vehicle testing site around 50 miles northwest of Phoenix in the town of Wittman. The site, which is around 11,650 acres, is where the carmaker has tested ...

A former Nevada Test Site official who for a time was one of three test controllers — people responsible for ensuring the safe execution of nuclear testing — died last week at 89. John D. Stewart died ...

President Donald Trump’s call for the United States to resume testing of nuclear weapons last week has experts scratching their heads. What did he really mean – exploding a warhead or testing delivery ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- While there has been a recent rush for COVID-19 tests, especially for those 15-minute rapid tests throughout the tri-state area, many have been waiting in long lines at pop-up ...

The Nevada Test Site didn’t waste any time. President Harry Truman established the site, a 680-square-mile section of the Nellis Air Force Gunnery and Bombing Range, on Dec. 18, 1950. Less than six ...

Indiana will soon serve as one of two new national drone testing sites.The Trump administration announced the Indiana Economic Development Corporation will serve alongside another facility in Oklahoma ...

The Nevada desert once scarred by mushroom clouds now shelters a surprisingly rich web of life, with scientists documenting roughly 1,500 plant and animal species inside the former nuclear proving ...

BAXTERVILLE, Miss. (WDAM) - There’s no signpost marking Mississippi’s only nuclear test site. There’s no visitor center, either — just timberland, wildlife … and a radioactive legacy buried beneath ...