Interviews

A barren landscape with dry, leafless trees and dusty ground under a hazy sky with the sun partially visible.

How nuclear war would impact the global food system. And how to prepare for it

By Florian Ulrich Jehn | Interviews, Nuclear Weapons

A large firestorm cloud rises over Hiroshima after the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945, with smoke spreading across the city below.

‘Not the most cheerful thing I’ve ever done.’ Susan Solomon on the National Academies report on the effects of nuclear war

By François Diaz-Maurin | Interviews, Nuclear Weapons

An artist's impression of a giant asteroid colliding with Earth.

‘Earth in flames,’ Brian Toon and Alan Robock on whether humans will die from an asteroid or nuclear war first

By François Diaz-Maurin | Interviews, Nuclear Weapons

Tom Nichols on the arms control process, in the second Trump era

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Interviews, Magazine, Missile Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Technology and Security, The Iranian problem

Why people believe conspiracy theories: A political scientist’s view

By Dawn Stover | Artificial Intelligence, Interviews, Magazine, Science Denial

Citizen Kane still

The evolution of a conspiracy-minded culture: A historian’s view

By Dawn Stover | Interviews, Magazine, Science Denial

Visitors check out an infinity chamber at the "Futurium" in Berlin, a venue where significant national and international developments in scientific, technical and social research are to be presented and discussed among the government, the scientific community, industry, and society. (Photo credit: JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

The recent past and foreseeable future of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: a conversation

By John Mecklin | Interviews, Magazine, Opinion, Personal Essay, Special Topics

The United States isn’t prepared for another pandemic. Here’s what should happen

By Matt Field | Interviews, Magazine, Science Denial

A man wearing glasses, a light blue shirt, and a gray blazer stands smiling against a pink and purple background with faint images of people working.

Sébastien Philippe on winning the MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, nuclear war and academic freedom

By François Diaz-Maurin | Interviews, Nuclear Risk

US President Donald Trump listens to US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speak about the Golden Dome missile defense shield in the Oval Office on May 20. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

The 15-minute interview: Joe Cirincione on Golden Dome and the long-running US missile defense debacle

By John Mecklin | Interviews, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

INTERVIEW: Staring into the DOGE abyss with WIRED’s Tim Marchman

By Thomas Gaulkin | Interviews

A protester near the Trinity nuclear test site. Legislation to extend and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was recently reintroduced in the US Senate after stalling in the House late im 2024. (Credit: Jonny Coker / KRWG)

The 15-minute interview: Sen. Ben Ray Luján on the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act

By John Mecklin | Interviews, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Waste