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Three Mile Island

Congress wants to turn the nuclear regulator into the US industry’s cheerleader—again

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Energy, Opinion

Biden allowing Ukraine to strike into Russia is much ado for little consequence

By Mariana Budjeryn | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Dispatch from a nuclear petting zoo

By Collin Van Son | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

Welcome to the American petrostate

By Michael E. Mann | Climate Change, Opinion

Americans elect a climate change denier (again)

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change, Opinion

Why this is a climate election—even if that hasn’t been apparent on the trail

By Andrew Revkin | Analysis, Climate Change, Opinion

What it will take to restart decommissioned US nuclear plants. A primer

By Kathryn Huff, Nathan Ryan | Nuclear Energy, Opinion

A man walks towards a flooded river, across a mud-strewn road.

The role of the scientist in a post-truth world

By John Morales | Climate Change, Opinion

Top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci responds to accusations by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., as he testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on July 20, 2021. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite-Pool/Getty Images)

Why science needs marketing

By Melissa Harris | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Opinion, Science Denial

Why Russia is more likely to go nuclear in Ukraine if it’s winning

By Mariana Budjeryn | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

US President Joe Biden (L) and California Governor Gavin Newsom at an event discussing the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, California in June 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Why California Gov. Gavin Newsom should sign an AI model regulation bill

By Anthony Aguirre | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Opinion

atomic bomb test in Marshall Islands

Project 2025’s stance on nuclear testing: A dangerous step back

By Tom Armbruster | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion