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Voices of Tomorrow
24 April 2017
Technology and Security

The case for banning autonomous weapons rests on morality, not practicality

Robert Hart

The failure of the chemical weapons ban in Syria is not a strike against a proposed global ban on autonomous weapons. Bans derive their strength from morality, not practicality.

Analysis
24 April 2017
Nuclear WeaponsTechnology and Security
AmericasEurope/Russia

Dealing with Putin’s grand strategy: The impossibility of “bromance”

Ehsan M. Ahrari

Nuclear modernization could be an important litmus test of the anticipated thaw in relations between the United States and Russia.

Nuclear RoundupColumnists
24 April 2017
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons

Nuclear Roundup: 4/24/2017

Jodi Lieberman

Ingrid Ockert

Ingrid Ockert is a doctoral candidate at Princeton University in the History of Science Department. She is writing her dissertation on the history of science television programs in the United States.

Robert Hart

Robert Hart is a researcher and writer on the politics and ethics of emerging technologies, with special interests in biotechnology and artificial intelligence.

Nuclear RoundupColumnists
21 April 2017
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons

Nuclear Roundup: 4/21/2017

Jodi Lieberman
Columnists
21 April 2017
Climate Change
Americas

What the Trump administration doesn't understand about clean air

Dawn Stover

Global warming is not a theory. It’s air pollution, plain and simple.

Ehsan M. Ahrari

Ehsan M. Ahrari is an adjunct research professor at the Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College, and the CEO of Strategic Paradigms—a foreign and defense policy consultancy based in Alexandria, Virginia.

Nuclear RoundupColumnists
20 April 2017
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons

Nuclear Roundup: 4/20/2017

Jodi Lieberman
Nuclear RoundupColumnists
19 April 2017
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons

Nuclear Roundup: 4/19/2017

Jodi Lieberman

Daniel Jassby

Daniel Jassby was a principal research physicist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab until 1999.

Analysis
19 April 2017
Nuclear EnergySpecial Topics
Americas

Fusion reactors: Not what they’re cracked up to be

Daniel Jassby

Long touted as the “perfect” energy source, fusion reactors share many drawbacks with fission—and even add a few new ones of their own.

Nuclear RoundupColumnists
18 April 2017
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons

Nuclear Roundup: 4/18/2017

Jodi Lieberman
Video
18 April 2017

Why the Bulletin supports the March for Science

Bulletin Staff

Bulletin Science and Security Board member Raymond Pierrehumbert explains: In these times, the truth needs an advocate.

Nuclear RoundupColumnists
17 April 2017
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons

Nuclear Roundup: 4/17/2017

Jodi Lieberman
Opinion
17 April 2017
Nuclear Weapons
AmericasAsiaEurope/Russia

Mini-nukes: Still a bad choice for the United States

James E. Doyle

Proponents of mini-nukes, or of vague “limited nuclear options,” offer no convincing evidence that the United States needs new weapons in this category—or that they would make anyone safer.

Columnists
17 April 2017
Climate ChangeNuclear Energy
Americas

How scientists can fight for science without losing trust

John Cook

As the March for Science approaches, new research sheds light on how advocacy by scientists affects the way they are perceived.

Analysis
15 April 2017
Nuclear Weapons
Asia

North Korea in the news again: A time to reflect

Dan Drollette Jr

This is a good time to take another look at some Bulletin stories that delve into the psychology behind what has been happening lately in North Korea. And discredit some common tropes.

What We're Reading
14 April 2017
Nuclear WeaponsSpecial Topics
Americas

What you should know about North Korea and their nuclear weapons threats

Dan Drollette Jr

Teen Vogue may not be the first place one ordinarily thinks of when it comes to articles on topics like North Korea and its nuclear weapons. That is changing.

Nuclear RoundupColumnists
13 April 2017
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons

Nuclear Roundup: 4/13/2017

Jodi Lieberman
Nuclear RoundupColumnists
12 April 2017
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons

Nuclear Roundup: 4/12/2017

Jodi Lieberman
Analysis
12 April 2017
Climate Change
Americas

Scientists can be advocates and maintain scientific credibility

Dana Nuccitelli

A new study finds that scientists don't lose credibility among the public when they advocate for policies relevant to their expertise.

Columnists
11 April 2017
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons
AmericasEurope/Russia

When science brought Americans and Russians together

Siegfried S. Hecker

Working as partners, one-time enemy researchers made breakthroughs they couldn’t have achieved alone.

Nuclear RoundupColumnists
11 April 2017
Nuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons

Nuclear Roundup: 4/11/2017

Jodi Lieberman

Charles P. Blair

Charles P.

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