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Kim Jong Un, giving his plenary speech. Photo credit: KCNA

Kim Jong Un, giving his plenary speech. Photo credit: KCNA

Will killing of Iran’s Soleimani influence North Korea’s “strategic weapon” plans?

By Duyeon Kim | Columnists, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

People dance in Pyongyang on Dec. 24, 2019, the birthday of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's late grandmother, Kim Jong Suk. (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images)

People dance in Pyongyang on Dec. 24, 2019, the birthday of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's late grandmother, Kim Jong Suk. (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images)

No Christmas gift from North Korea? Not so fast.

By Duyeon Kim | Columnists, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

SUV shaming: I care about climate change, so why am I driving an SUV?

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Columnists, Opinion

Mandy Gunasekara, who founded a nonprofit to tout the Trump administration’s environmental gains, spoke to environmental journalists in Fort Collins, Colorado, on October 11. Credit: SEJ

Mandy Gunasekara, who founded a nonprofit to tout the Trump administration’s environmental gains, spoke to environmental journalists in Fort Collins, Colorado, on October 11. Credit: SEJ

Declining US greenhouse gas emissions: a Republican fairy tale

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Columnists, Opinion

Cardboard cutouts of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stood outside the US Capitol on April 10, 2018, placed there by the advocacy group Avaaz to call attention to fake accounts spreading disinformation on Facebook. Credit: Kevin Wolf/AP images for AVAAZ

Cardboard cutouts of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stood outside the US Capitol on April 10, 2018, placed there by the advocacy group Avaaz to call attention to fake accounts spreading disinformation on Facebook. Credit: Kevin Wolf/AP images for AVAAZ

Why Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter are bad for the climate

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Columnists

Why Rocket Man is going ballistic with short-range missiles

By Duyeon Kim | Columnists, Nuclear Weapons

Cover the climate crisis like it is one

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Columnists

North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un oversees a

North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un oversees a

North Korean missiles: Size does not matter

By Duyeon Kim, Melissa Hanham | Columnists, Nuclear Weapons

Will splashy philanthropy cause the biosecurity field to focus on the wrong risks?

By Filippa Lentzos | Biosecurity, Columnists

Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger in 1965. His “silver” bullets were actually made from aluminum.

Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger in 1965. His “silver” bullets were actually made from aluminum.

“Silver buckshot” isn’t enough to fix the climate

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Columnists

Summit Datebook 2: After Hanoi, relieved but still curious

By Duyeon Kim | Columnists, Nuclear Weapons

One of the flag

One of the flag

Summit datebook: From Hanoi, with curiosity

By Duyeon Kim | Columnists, Nuclear Weapons