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1945-1998 Bulletin backfile available via Google Books

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:43:19 -0800

As of December 9, 2008, 53 years of Bulletin content is now available online for free at Google Books. This archive begins with the first issue of the magazine--originally published in December 1945--and includes every year thereafter until 1998.

Bulletin magazine goes all-digital in 2009

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:48:01 -0800

Beginning in January 2009, Bulletin subscribers will receive the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists magazine in its new digital format only. To save on the steeply rising costs of paper and postage, the Bulletin will no longer produce a print edition of its magazine.

Through individual Bulletin accounts, subscribers will be able to book mark articles, set up news alerts, browse by subject and author, and more. Starting in 2009, subscribers will also have full, searchable access to the past 10 years of Bulletin articles and source documents.

Bulletin launches online subscriptions

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:00:00 -0800

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is pleased to announce that our award-winning magazine is now available in digital format as well as print.

Individual subscriptions to the digital content are available at a one-year rate of $48.00. If you have questions or need more information, please contact Barb Netter at bnetter@thebulletin.org.

Kennette Benedict to interview author Richard Rhodes

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:29:48 -0700

Bulletin Publisher and Executive Director Kennette Benedict will interview Pulitzer-Prize winning author Richard Rhodes during the annual Chicago Humanities Festival. The interview will begin at 12:30 p.m. on November 8, 2008, at the Chicago History Museum located at 1601 N. Clark Street.

Panel discussion: Rethinking U.S. nuclear weapons policy

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:09:53 -0700

Reducing American dependency on nuclear weapons will lead to greater security for the United States and its allies and should be the driving force behind U.S. nuclear weapons policy.

The ultimate American goal should be multilateral, verifiable nuclear disarmament, according to recommendations from a Stanley Foundation project.

Nobel Prize-winning peace activist Bernard Lown to speak at the University of Chicago

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:47:05 -0700

Physician, author, and Nobel Prize-winning peace activist Bernard Lown will discuss his new memoir, "Prescription for Survival: A Doctor's Journey to End Nuclear Madness," as part of the University of Chicago's Center for International Studies World Beyond the Headlines series. The details are as follows:

Robert Finkel joins governing board

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:04:07 -0700

Robert Finkel, founder and president of Prism Capital, has joined the Governing Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, effective July 2008.

For the last eighteen years he has been investing as part of the Chicago private equity community. As Managing Partner, Finkel has recruited and coordinated two investment teams and has overseen equity fund deployment into fourteen portfolio companies and mezzanine fund deployment into twenty companies.

John Hendrix's "Doomsday" illustration receives recognition

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:36:43 -0700

John Hendrix's illustration titled "Doomsday" was 1 of 500 illustrations chosen by the Society of Illustrators to be featured in their newest compilation, Icons & Images: 50 Years of Extraordinary Illustration.

Bulletin editor discusses nuclear energy on MotherJones.com

Wed, 28 May 2008 07:50:40 -0700

Jonas Siegel was one of four expert panelists featured in Mother Jones's Blue Marble Blog discussion on the future of nuclear energy. Siegel is the editor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and has written about issues relating to nuclear weapons and energy for the past five years.

Kennette Benedict appears on NBC's TODAY Show

Tue, 06 May 2008 08:25:00 -0700

This morning, Tuesday, May 6, 2008, Bulletin Publisher and Executive Director Kennette Benedict appeared on NBC's TODAY Show in a report about the U.S. nuclear arsenal and intercontinental ballistic missiles. Full video of the segment can be viewed here.

The segment also featured interviews with missileers at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana along with clips from Benedict's interview, which was taped at the Bulletin's Chicago offices on April 29.

Press briefing on missile defense: Follow-up

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:23:50 -0700

Yesterday, George N. Lewis and Theodore A. Postol addressed the technical deficiencies in the proposed U.S. missile defense system in Europe during a Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists phone press briefing. (Press briefing audio is now available.) Highlights included:

Press briefing on missile defense

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:34:59 -0700

A new analysis by George N. Lewis and Theodore A. Postol in the May/June 2008 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists reveals that the configuration of the proposed U.S. missile defense system in Europe will not adequately protect the continental United States or Europe against the postulated threat--an Iranian ballistic missile equipped with a nuclear warhead. Specific findings include:

Pavel Podvig receives Szilard Award

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:34:15 -0700

Bulletin online columnist Pavel Podvig, member of the Bulletin's Science and Security Board and research associate at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation, received the Leo Szilard Lectureship Award from the American Physical Society at its April meeting in St. Louis.

Blythe McGarvie joins governing board

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:00:00 -0700

Blythe J. McGarvie, founder and president of Leadership for International Finance LLC (LIF), has joined the Governing Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, effective June 2008.

Ruth Adams Award winner focused on water scarcity in Asia

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:00:00 -0700

The Bulletin has selected Stephen Sapienza, senior producer of Foreign Exchange with Daljit Dhaliwal, as the second recipient of its Ruth Adams Award for Journalists in Peace and Security.

Sapienza will use web-based and broadcast reporting to illuminate a little-known but looming struggle over diminishing water supplies in Asia. The issue could put India and China, rising economic powers and both nuclear weapon states, at odds over an essential natural resource.

Bulletin wins National Magazine Award

Tue, 01 May 2007 10:28:13 -0700

The American Society of Magazine Editors presented the 2007 National Magazine Award for General Excellence (under 100,000 circulation) to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists at the 42nd annual award ceremony in New York City on May 1.

The award "honors the effectiveness with which writing, reporting, editing, and design all come together to command readers' attention and fulfill the magazine's unique editorial mission."

"Doomsday Clock" Moves Two Minutes Closer To Midnight

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:33:10 -0800

On January 17, 2007, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock two minutes closer to midnight. It is now 5 minutes to midnight. Reflecting global failures to solve the problems posed by nuclear weapons and the climate crisis, the decision by the Bulletin's Board of Directors was made in consultation with the Bulletin's Board of Sponsors, which includes 18 Nobel Laureates.

Sponsors Welcome Additions

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:44:16 -0800

The Bulletin welcomed Lisa Randall, professor of physics at Harvard University, and Brian Greene, professor of mathematics and physics at Columbia University, to its board of sponsors in late 2006.

The advisory group was founded by Albert Einstein and first led by J. Robert Oppenheimer. It is now headed by Leon Lederman, the 1988 Nobel Laureate in physics and former director of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Lederman is among 18 Nobel Laureates on the 47-member board.

Board Adds New Members

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:33:10 -0800

Former Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, co-chair of the International Crisis Group, and Jay Harris, publisher of Mother Jones magazine and chief executive of its not-for-profit parent, the Foundation for National Progress, joined the Bulletin’s Board of Directors in late 2006.