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A heard of cows walks in the country.

How human and animal excrement harm the planet’s ecosystem

By Laura H. Kahn | Analysis, Biosecurity

US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a joint news conference at the White House this week. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Taking Erdogan’s critique of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty seriously

By Victor Gilinsky, Henry Sokolski | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Ukrainian troops

Impeachment backstory: The nuclear dimension of US security assistance to Ukraine

By Mariana Budjeryn | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

Soviet inspectors inspect Pershing missiles

The death of the INF Treaty has lessons for arms control

By Amy J. Nelson | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Yucca Mountain facility

Argonne scientists say they’ve developed a better way to deal with nuclear waste—thanks to 3-D printers

By John Krzyzaniak | Analysis, Nuclear Energy

The Sycamore processor

Quantum supremacy: not a Jason Bourne movie

By | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies, Technology and Security

A photo of Marla Pérez Lugo and Marcel Castro Sitiriche, speaking with Elizabeth Angeles, a manager for the Clinton Global Initiative

Puerto Rico’s clean-energy and grid-restoration efforts still in doubt

By Jillian Melero | Analysis, Climate Change

Bomb cyclones and breadbaskets: How climate, food, and political unrest intersect

By David Harary, Sunny Petzinger | Analysis, Climate Change

How the Koch brothers got us here

By Ben Jervey | Analysis, Climate Change

Imran Khan of Pakistan (left) and Narenda Modi of India

India, Pakistan, Kashmir: Taking the war option off the table

By Zia Mian, Abdul H. Nayyar, Sandeep Pandey, M.V. Ramana | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Why we should care about the upcoming UN Climate Action Summit

By Mark Hertsgaard | Analysis

Climate reporting’s new start

By Mark Hertsgaard, Kyle Pope | Analysis