Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 12 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of February 14.

The Semipalatinsk Test Site, also called the Polygon, is lesser known but was used by the Soviet Union to test nuclear ...

ODAKA, Japan >> Every year when winter finally loosens its grip on northern Japan, Tomoko Kobayashi begins what has become an annual rite for her and a small band of collaborators. They head out with ...

Climatologists monitor several indices, some ocean-based and some atmospheric, to provide a quick indication of the state of certain climate variables and climate indicators. To monitor the Pacific ...

There seems to be too much of a radioactive element in rocks deep in the Pacific Ocean – how did it get there 10 million ...

A strange radioactive 'blip' has been detected deep beneath the Pacific Ocean. Analyzing several thin layers of seafloor ...

Over the past 60 years, marine biologists at UC Santa Cruz have monitored the behavior of northern elephant seals that ...

The Japanese missile can evade defenses by traveling at more than five times the speed of sound and maneuvering within the atmosphere.

Japan’s nuclear history presents an opportunity to lead regional safety and disaster preparedness in East Asia ...

Russia's state-owned Rosatom announced a prototype plasma engine which could speed up travel to other planets.