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Analysis

coal miner silhouettes lit by headlamps

With financial squeeze tightening, coal is collapsing faster than some predicted

By Fred Pearce | Analysis, Climate Change

Edmonton, Alberta skyline at dusk

Between COVID-19 and a price war, Canada’s oil patch is on life support

By Ainslie Cruickshank | Analysis, Climate Change

A drive-thru coronavirus testing site.

South Korea learned its successful Covid-19 strategy from a previous coronavirus outbreak: MERS

By HyunJung Kim | Analysis, Technology and Security

Inside a lab trying to develop a coronavirus vaccine

By Helen Santoro | Analysis, Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

To vote or to wait: The epidemic and the elections

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Special Topics

For UAE, the political perks of nuclear power eclipse economics

By Jim Krane | Analysis, Nuclear Energy

India's INS Vela submarine

India is building nuclear submarines and ICBMs. That’s a $14 billion mistake.

By Frank O’Donnell, Alexander K. Bollfrass | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

White Mesa uranium mill

Trump’s $1.5 billion uranium stockpile: A solution in search of a problem

By John Krzyzaniak | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

Men at a seafood stall in Wuhan, China.

Coronavirus or antibiotic resistance: Our appetite for animals (wild and domestic) poses big disease risks

By Laura H. Kahn | Analysis, Biosecurity

Nuclear launch console.

Hot-button campaign issue: 2020 Democrats disagree on nuclear launch authority

By John Krzyzaniak | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Russia killed arms control. Why does it want to keep New START?

By Kristin Ven Bruusgaard | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

UN Security Council meeting

The US has a backup plan to kill the Iran nuclear deal. It could spark a crisis at the UN.

By Julia Masterson, Samuel M. Hickey | Analysis, Nuclear Risk