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Brainstorming session in Providence Rhode Island for Sandia National Labs/Altimeter Design Group work on foresight work. Credit: Tom Weis. Used with permission.

The art of communicating nuclear risk

By Sara Z. Kutchesfahani, Tom Weis | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Design for a 300-meter-long superyacht

Earth to CNN: No, a nuclear-powered superyacht won’t save the world

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Columnists, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Opinion

President Joe Biden in a photo from 2016. Credit: US Embassy Tel Aviv. CC BY 2.0.

Biden’s pivot to Asia is missing something: diplomats

By Lauren Sukin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

A Defense Department graphic depicts the Ballistic Missile Defense System architecture. Credit: US Defense Department.

Biden should guide missile defense his own way

By Ivanka Barzashka | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

B-2 Stealth bomber at air base in Iceland

Why President Biden needs to revisit—and reduce—his defense budget

By Lawrence J. Korb | Missile Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Technology and Security

Yes, the IPCC report was bad. But we can still salvage a livable planet.

By John Morales | Climate Change, Columnists, Opinion

ostrich with head in sand cartoon

What, me worry? The problem with letting others deal with climate change

By Louise Fabiani | Climate Change, Opinion

1950s tobacco ad in magazine

Should we ban fossil fuel ads on TV and in movie theatres, like we do cigarettes?

By Seth Klein | Climate Change, Opinion

A choir of Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) sing "Never Again." Hiroshima-Nagasaki 2012. Credit: The Official CTBTO Photostream. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

As atomic bomb survivors age, they’re motivating the next generation on disarmament

By Masako Toki | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

From Greenville to Greece, it’s code red

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Columnists, Opinion

atomic bomb memorial mound hiroshima

Atomic bomb survivors—A model for us in COVID-19 era

By Robert Jay Lifton | Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Atomic Bomb Dome in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Credit: Michael Helmer. Public domain image accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

In an era of climate change and COVID, Hiroshima reminds us of another existential threat.

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion