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E.g., 07/11/2017
What We're Reading
11 July 2017
Climate Change

The perils of maximal climate dystopia

Lucien Crowder

If anyone gave out an award for writing the most alarmist article about climate change, we would have our winner.

What We're Reading
7 July 2017
Nuclear Weapons
Americas

A treaty is reached to ban nuclear arms. Now comes the hard part.

Dan Drollette Jr

The first major hurdle has been overcome

What We're Reading
6 July 2017
Climate Change
Europe/Russia

China, Germany step up as US retires from world leadership

Dan Drollette Jr

China and Germany will take the lead roles traditionally held by the United States

What We're Reading
6 July 2017
Climate ChangeNuclear WeaponsSpecial Topics
Americas

Noam Chomsky: On Trump and the State of the Union

Dan Drollette Jr

The most important issues to address are the truly existential threats we face: climate change and nuclear war

What We're Reading
5 July 2017
Nuclear WeaponsSpecial Topics
Asia

North Korea's latest missile test

Dan Drollette Jr

A game-changer? Or more of the same?

What We're Reading
22 June 2017
Technology and Security
Americas

Congressman: Split Space Corps from Air Force. Air Force: Don’t.

Lucien Crowder

An Alabama congressman thinks it wise to create a fifth armed service focused on space. One of the four existing services thinks that’s an awful idea. Somehow, both sides seem wrong.

What We're Reading
19 June 2017
Climate Change
Europe/Russia

EU deepening ties with climate pact members after US withdraws

Dan Drollette Jr
What We're Reading
19 June 2017
Technology and Security
Americas

Mexican government targets its citizens with spyware

Elisabeth Eaves

Cyber-tools meant to target criminals is used on journalists and human rights lawyers.

What We're Reading
16 June 2017
Technology and Security
Asia

Pyongyang: WannaCry’s probable but pitiful perpetrator

Lucien Crowder

North Koreans probably carried out May’s worldwide ransomware attack. Thank goodness it wasn’t someone more competent.

What We're Reading
15 June 2017
Special Topics
Americas

The coming science caucus?

John Mecklin
What We're Reading
14 June 2017
Nuclear Weapons
Europe/Russia

On a tiny Norwegian island, America keeps an eye on Russia

Dan Drollette Jr
What We're Reading
9 June 2017
Climate Change
Americas

When rising seas transform risk into certainty

Dan Drollette Jr
What We're Reading
9 June 2017
Climate Change
Americas

Cows, climate, and Canadian ingenuity

Lucien Crowder

Climate mitigation efforts may increasingly rely on designer bull semen.

What We're Reading
7 June 2017
Climate Change
Americas

MIT says Trump misused its research in ditching climate deal

Dan Drollette Jr
What We're Reading
5 June 2017
Climate Change
Americas

200+ mayors, 10 governors counter Trump's exit from Paris Agreement

Dan Drollette Jr
What We're Reading
5 June 2017
Technology and Security

As if people weren’t dumb enough: Say hi to “artificial stupidity”

Lucien Crowder

When artificial intelligence and human intelligence interact, the result is often a double dose of dumb.

What We're Reading
2 June 2017
Climate Change
Americas

Trump pulls US out of climate accord

Dan Drollette Jr

What does the pull-out from a signed international treaty mean, and how could it be done?

What We're Reading
2 June 2017
Technology and Security

AI experts: Prepare for a sad immortality

Lucien Crowder

If you'd like to feel confused and maybe a little terrified, ask a bunch of AI experts what they think the future holds.

What We're Reading
2 June 2017
Climate Change
Americas

The best of the worldwide reaction, the morning after Trump's decision

Dan Drollette Jr

Like so much that involves Trump, there’s plenty of material to choose from.

What We're Reading
24 May 2017
Climate Change
Europe/Russia

Catholic groups ramp up international divestment momentum

Dan Drollette Jr
What We're Reading
22 May 2017
Climate Change

Green energy’s battery explosion

Lucien Crowder

Soon, electric vehicles will be cheaper than fuel-burning models. Or maybe even sooner.

What We're Reading
10 May 2017
Special Topics
AmericasEurope/Russia

BBC: Did Trump fire Comey as part of a cover-up?

John Mecklin

If nothing else, President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey amid an FBI investigation of the Trump administration’s ties to Russia has raised questions, at home and abroad, about the quality of US governance.

What We're Reading
9 May 2017
Nuclear Weapons
Americas

Nuclear anxiety reappears in Yuba City

Lucien Crowder

Sometimes when you stop for gas, you see the darndest things on the front page of the local paper.

What We're Reading
9 May 2017
Nuclear Weapons
Americas

Tunnel collapses at Hanford nuclear waste site

Elisabeth Eaves

Overdue for its cleanup, the Energy Department’s contaminated former plutonium facility causes a radioactive scare.

What We're Reading
5 May 2017
BiosecuritySpecial Topics
Americas

How the House health care bill undercuts bioterror and pandemic defenses

John Mecklin

The combination of disinvestment in public health and large reductions in the number of people with access to timely medical care could lead to pandemics that cause mass casualties and threaten social order

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