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In the Australian outback, we're listening for nuclear tests—and what we hear matters more than ever

Tires stick to hot asphalt as I drive the Stuart Highway from Alice Springs northward, leaving the MacDonnell Ranges behind.
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Nuclear shadows: The explosion that started it all

In the pre-dawn dark of July 16, 1945, a searing flash lit up the New Mexico desert. A shockwave followed, rippling outward across the silent plains. This was Trinity — the world’s first nuclear ...