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The year in disruptive technology

By Matt Field | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

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Six memorable climate change pieces from 2018

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Climate Change, Special Topics

Uncle Pete at the dinner table

Christmas advice: How to deal with climate change denying Uncle Pete

By Richard C. J. Somerville | Analysis, Climate Change

An unsettled year in nuclear weapons

By John Mecklin | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Ukrainian 'Yani Kapu' tugboat attacked by Russian "Don" patrol boat as seen on a screen of Ukrainian Gyurza-M artillery boat in November 2018.

What can the Kerch Strait incident teach about nuclear declaratory policy?

By Robert J. Goldston | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

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Little Ice Age? No. Big Warming Age? Yes.

By Dana Nuccitelli | Analysis, Climate Change

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EU, Canada, New Zealand and developing countries vow to keep up the fight

By Fiona Harvey, Ben Doherty, Jonathan Watts | Analysis, Climate Change

Pop Music and the Bomb

By Reba A. Wissner | Analysis, Personal Essay, Special Topics

Study: The world’s worst mass extinction should make you very nervous for our future

By Jackie Flynn Mogensen | Analysis, Climate Change

Former US President George H.W. Bush with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration

George H.W. Bush’s Legacy: Exit from “Tension City”

By Matt Field | Analysis, Doomsday Clock, What We’re Reading

The Syrian city of Aleppo depicted in the midst of a still ongoing civil war. Credit: British Foreign and Commonwealth Office / Basma CC BY-ND 2.0

Terrorists sometimes use chemical weapons, but the OPCW should focus on states

By Al Mauroni | Analysis, Chemical Weapons, Disruptive Technologies

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Move or spend a lot of money: The choices rising seas impose on coastal residents

By Emily Holden | Analysis, Climate Change