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bright red-and-white plane on Antarctic ice

Bulletin’s best climate change coverage of 2020

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Climate Change

The edge of our existence: A particle physicist examines the architecture of society

By Yangyang Cheng | Analysis, Personal Essay

ICBM test launch

Revenge is a dish best served nuclear. US deterrence depends on it.

By Peter K. Hatemi, Rose McDermott | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

The funeral procession for Mohsen Fakhrizadeh

Four ways the killing of Iran’s nuclear scientist will undercut US national security

By John Krzyzaniak | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

Mask wearers in India

Old hatreds fuel online misinformation about COVID-19 in South Asia

By Kamya Yadav, Isra Thange, Julia Ilhardt, Samikshya Siwakoti, Jacob N. Shapiro | Analysis

Congress now has 6 Native Americans—a record. What’s their stance on climate change?

By Angely Mercado, Naveena Sadasivam | Analysis, Climate Change

South Korean submarine

South Korea’s risky quest to build nuclear-powered attack submarines

By Seoc Woo Kim, Jungmin Kang, Frank von Hippel | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

Margarita Simonyan.

Here’s how Russia’s RT spread propaganda in the lead-up to the election

By Benjamin Dubow, Evanna Hu, Jacob N. Shapiro, Ulaş Erdoğdu, Kamya Yadav | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

BW photo of 1930s Dustbowl Migrant Mother

The case for climate reparations

By Mimi Sheller | Analysis, Climate Change

To win over communities of color, environmental groups need to show they’re trustworthy

By Eric Siegel | Analysis, Climate Change

Trump supporters gather for an indoor campaign event.

How Lara Trump and other presidential surrogates flout pandemic best practices—indoors

By Matt Field | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

The other big event happening in the first week of November

By Rebecca Leber | Analysis, Climate Change