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- How to limit presidential authority to order the use of nuclear weapons https://thebulletin.org/how-limit-presidential-authority-order-use-nuclear-weapons11454 13 comments
- The Okinawa missiles of October 1962 http://thebulletin.org/okinawa-missiles-october8826 71 comments
- “Mass delusion and wishful thinking”: Why everything you think you know about methane is probably wrong https://thebulletin.org/2023/12/mass-delusion-and-wishful-thinking-why-everything-you-think-you-know-about-methane-is-probably-wrong/ 4 comments climate
- Ammonia has about half the energy density of gasoline but can be used to fuel relatively traditional internal combustion engines with minor modifications #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition https://thebulletin.org/premium/2023-01/renewable-ammonia-the-future-of-fuels/ 2 comments climate
- The Supreme Court hasn’t killed the Biden administration’s climate agenda, but its latest decision casts a shadow https://thebulletin.org/2022/07/the-supreme-court-hasnt-killed-the-biden-administrations-climate-agenda-but-its-latest-decision-casts-a-shadow/ 27 comments climate
- Fusion’s role in fighting climate change https://thebulletin.org/premium/2021-11/fusions-role-in-fighting-climate-change/ 8 comments technology
- Nuclear energy: a distraction on the road to climate solutions - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists https://thebulletin.org/premium/2021-11/nuclear-energy-a-distraction-on-the-road-to-climate-solutions-2/ 22 comments energy
- Jellyfish attack nuclear power plant. Again. - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists https://thebulletin.org/2021/10/jellyfish-attack-nuclear-power-plant-again/ 6 comments europe
- Jellyfish attack nuclear power plant. Again. https://thebulletin.org/2021/10/jellyfish-attack-nuclear-power-plant-again/ 40 comments nottheonion
- Takeaways from the 2021 World Nuclear Industry Status Report - Nuclear energy’s share of global electricity generation continued its steady decline; Nuclear is irrelevant in today’s electricity capacity newbuild market https://thebulletin.org/2021/10/four-takeaways-from-the-2021-world-nuclear-industry-status-report/?amp%3Butm_campaign=TwitterPost_10012021&%3Butm_content=NuclearRisk_FourTakeAways_10012021&%3Butm_medium=Social+Media 6 comments energy
- The origin of COVID: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box at Wuhan? https://thebulletin.org/2021/05/the-origin-of-covid-did-people-or-nature-open-pandoras-box-at-wuhan/ 11 comments indepthstories
- WHO: COVID-19 didn't leak from a lab. Also WHO: Maybe it did https://thebulletin.org/2021/02/who-covid-19-didnt-leak-from-a-lab-also-who-maybe-it-did/ 30 comments nottheonion
- Trump's COVID infection shows why it's time to retire the nuclear football https://thebulletin.org/2020/10/trumps-covid-infection-shows-why-its-time-to-retire-the-nuclear-football/ 8 comments politics
- Time for a diet: Today’s US homes have super-sized into “energy gluttons” https://thebulletin.org/2020/08/time-for-a-diet-todays-us-homes-have-super-sized-into-energy-gluttons/ 4 comments politics
- Despite worldwide oil glut, Trump releases plan to open Arctic to drilling https://thebulletin.org/2020/08/despite-worldwide-oil-glut-trump-releases-plan-to-open-arctic-to-drilling/ 16 comments politics
- Why the United States needs a new pandemic-fighting federal agency https://thebulletin.org/2020/06/why-the-united-states-needs-a-new-pandemic-fighting-federal-agency/ 14 comments politics
- What the protests tell us: Invest in social equity, not nuclear weapons https://thebulletin.org/2020/06/what-the-protests-tell-us-invest-in-social-equity-not-nuclear-weapons/ 9 comments politics
- Another victim of the pandemic: trust in the government https://thebulletin.org/2020/04/another-victim-of-the-pandemic-trust-in-the-government/ 18 comments politics
- Prevent the outbreak of another global security threat. Extend New START. https://thebulletin.org/2020/04/prevent-the-outbreak-of-another-global-security-threat-extend-new-start/ 3 comments politics
- Climate change: Trump and Republicans pivot from denial to “optimism” https://thebulletin.org/2020/02/climate-change-trump-and-republicans-pivot-from-denial-to-optimism/ 8 comments politics
- Closer than ever: It is 100 seconds to midnight (doomsday clock) https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/ 15 comments politics
- 2020 Doomsday Clock moved forward to 100 seconds https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock 7 comments worldnews
- Strangelove redux: US experts propose having AI control nuclear weapons - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists https://thebulletin.org/2019/08/strangelove-redux-us-experts-propose-having-ai-control-nuclear-weapons# 18 comments worldnews
- The Trump administration is eager to sell nuclear reactors to Saudi Arabia. But why? Nuclear energy makes little economic sense for Saudi Arabia. The influence trail is murky, and the various conflicts of interest within the Trump administration render the picture even murkier. https://thebulletin.org/2019/04/the-trump-administration-is-eager-to-sell-nuclear-reactors-to-saudi-arabia-but-why/ 7 comments worldnews
- A new abnormal: It is still 2 minutes to midnight https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/current-time/?utm_source=bulletin%20newsletter&utm_medium=icontact%20email&utm_campaign=clockstatement_jan24 16 comments politics
- 2018's Doomsday Clock Statement from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: 2 Minutes to midnight https://thebulletin.org/sites/default/files/2018%20doomsday%20clock%20statement.pdf 26 comments science
- Generation Z: Why we’re marching for the climate tomorrow https://thebulletin.org/2018/07/generation-z-why-were-marching-for-the-climate-tomorrow/ 27 comments politics
- An extremely rude question about President Trump - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists https://thebulletin.org/2018/07/an-extremely-rude-question-about-president-trump/ 5 comments politics
- Why the world needs to regulate autonomous weapons, and soon https://thebulletin.org/military-applications-artificial-intelligence/why-world-needs-regulate-autonomous-weapons-and-soon#.ww-ilcy0ulo.reddit 4 comments technology
- It's time to end the 67-year long Korean War http://thebulletin.org/end-67-year-war11100 12 comments worldnews
- It is still 3 minutes to midnight. Where will it go in January? http://thebulletin.org/press-release/doomsday-clock-hands-remain-unchanged-despite-iran-deal-and-paris-talks9122 3 comments politics
- Does Israel really have 200 nuclear weapons, or was Colin Powell exaggerating? http://thebulletin.org/does-israel-really-have-200-nuclear-weapons-or-was-colin-powell-exaggerating9896 29 comments politics
- Nagasaki was obliterated 71 years ago. Here's what it looked like six weeks after that. http://thebulletin.org/multimedia/six-weeks-after-nagasaki 23 comments history
- Climate change and the 2016 election http://thebulletin.org/climate-change-and-2016-election9256 10 comments politics
- The Okinawa missiles of October: a previously-unknown accidental nuclear launch order, issued in the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis http://thebulletin.org/okinawa-missiles-october8826 4 comments history
- The United States just might be Iran’s favorite new nuclear supplier -- This channel will "monitor and approve, on a case-by-case basis, the supply, sale, or transfer to Iran of certain nuclear-related and dual-use materials and technology http://thebulletin.org/united-states-just-might-be-iran%E2%80%99s-favorite-new-nuclear-supplier8257 5 comments worldnews
- Jellyfish have attacked nuclear plants in US, Sweden, France, Scotland, Japan and Canada http://thebulletin.org/spineless-attacks-nuclear-power-plants-could-increase8001 12 comments worldnews
- We simply don't have an alternative to fossil fuels that can be rapidly scaled up http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/dawn-stover/reality-check 6 comments technology
- I never knew this: The case for a world republic that even Ronald Reagan supported http://thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/the-case-world-republic 6 comments history
- "Doomsday Clock" moves one minute away from midnight http://www.thebulletin.org/content/media-center/announcements/2010/01/14/doomsday-clock-moves-one-minute-away-midnight 3 comments science