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On a tour of the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI).

Resolving safety and security concerns about nuclear power

By Roman Bobrov, Julia Diamond, Khalit Shemshedinov | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Voices of Tomorrow

Will nuclear proliferation challenges limit a significant expansion of global nuclear power?

By Vladimir Kobezskii, Elliot Serbin | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Voices of Tomorrow

An example of dry cask storage of spent nuclear fuel.

Will nuclear waste disposal challenges limit a significant expansion of global nuclear power?

By Aleksandr Kudryavtsev, Masha Levon, T. Gannon Parker, Viktor Rosnovskii | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Voices of Tomorrow

3-D model of Himalayan glaciers

How fast are Himalaya’s glaciers melting? Look at Cold War spy satellite photos

By Eric Niiler | Analysis, Climate Change

Is breaking up big tech the solution to online hate or election meddling?

By Matt Field | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies, Interviews

Defense Department emits more carbon dioxide than many countries

By Kate Yoder | Analysis, Climate Change

Trump and Kim impersonators

Gaseous molecules of freedom

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Climate Change, What We’re Reading

Bad science, rollbacks and budget cuts—former EPA heads on agency’s direction

By Paola Rosa-Aquino | Analysis, Climate Change

Dirty Smokestack

Students barred from talking of climate change in graduation speeches

By Oliver Milman | Analysis, Climate Change

Bloomberg donates $500 million to help end coal

By Nick Visser | Analysis, Climate Change

Decision to keep nuclear weapons data classified hurts US national security

By Heather Wuest | Analysis, Interviews, Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Risk

Trump’s trade policy may deflate his “maximum pressure” campaigns

By Aaron Arnold | Analysis, Nuclear Risk