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January 2026

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January 2026

January 2026

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And the winners of our fiction contest are…

By John Mecklin

The Bulletin’s mission—protecting civilization from manmade existential threats like nuclear weapons and climate change—is important. Filling civilization with art and the humanity it fosters is important, too.
spinning top under high-speed photography

And the winners of our fiction contest are…

By John Mecklin

The Bulletin’s mission—protecting civilization from manmade existential threats like nuclear weapons and climate change—is important. Filling civilization with art and the humanity it fosters is important, too.
snipers in camouflage

A Modest Briefing

By Robert Levinson

A new president encounters some inconvenient truths.
the War Room in the movie Dr Strangelove

Countdown

By Alex Dabertin

The alarm of a possible nuclear strike, from a different point of view.
Victorian-era mourning painting of young girl and family

Good Boy

By Kerri Brady Long

Sometimes, there’s more than meets the eye to man’s best friend.
Nematode closeup under microscope

What the People Want

By Patrick Hutson

What if a chatbot ran for president?
Seminole leader Osceola in 1838, painted by George Catlin

On Behalf of Lake Owakeela

By Elaine Midcoh

I am not the ‘clever young legal scholar’ as has been alleged. The idea didn’t arise because I am brilliant or original. It only happened because, one night, after I had given up before trying, Lake Owakeela talked to me.
Edward Hopper painting of Victorian house

When the Land Runs Out

By Cynthia Walker

What happens when a man undertakes a journey with others.
map of night sky, from NASA

The Hard Problem

By Beston Barnett

Two rogue scientists decided to destroy their equipment and do away with themselves so that their disturbing experiments are never repeated. Or did they?
snipers in camouflage

A Modest Briefing

By Robert Levinson

A new president encounters some inconvenient truths.
the War Room in the movie Dr Strangelove

Countdown

By Alex Dabertin

The alarm of a possible nuclear strike, from a different point of view.
Victorian-era mourning painting of young girl and family

Good Boy

By Kerri Brady Long

Sometimes, there’s more than meets the eye to man’s best friend.
Nematode closeup under microscope

What the People Want

By Patrick Hutson

What if a chatbot ran for president?
Seminole leader Osceola in 1838, painted by George Catlin

On Behalf of Lake Owakeela

By Elaine Midcoh

I am not the ‘clever young legal scholar’ as has been alleged. The idea didn’t arise because I am brilliant or original. It only happened because, one night, after I had given up before trying, Lake Owakeela talked to me.
Edward Hopper painting of Victorian house

When the Land Runs Out

By Cynthia Walker

What happens when a man undertakes a journey with others.
map of night sky, from NASA

The Hard Problem

By Beston Barnett

Two rogue scientists decided to destroy their equipment and do away with themselves so that their disturbing experiments are never repeated. Or did they?

January 2026

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