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Opinion

John Kerry at 2015 NPT Review Conference

No, it is not time to ditch the NPT

By Adam M. Scheinman | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

The dark side of our drone future

By James Rogers | Disruptive Technologies, Opinion, Technology and Security

A SBIRS Geo satellite

“Big, fat, juicy targets”— the problem with existing early-warning satellites. And a solution.

By Jaganath Sankaran | Nuclear Risk, Opinion

A modest proposal: Nationalize Greyhound

By Joel M. Batterman | Climate Change, Opinion

The condensation trails (contrails) of an Airbus A340 jet over London. Credit: Adrian Pingstone

Just how bad is my air travel for the climate? And what should I do?

By Navin Ramankutty, Elena Bennett, Lior Silberman | Climate Change, Opinion

NASA kilopower moon render

Do we need highly enriched uranium in space (again)?

By Christopher Fichtlscherer | Nuclear Risk, Opinion

We need a Green New Deal for nuclear weapons

By Matt Korda | Climate Change, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Is it time to ditch the NPT?

By Joelien Pretorius, Tom Sauer | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

US ICBM Test

Talking away from Armageddon

By Lawrence J. Korb, Arnold S. Kohen | Nuclear Risk, Opinion

Climate change and the Titanic

By Peter Gleick | Climate Change, Opinion

Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 & 2 cooling towers and containment buildings.

The false promise of nuclear power in an age of climate change

By Robert Jay Lifton, Naomi Oreskes | Climate Change, Opinion

Recycle everything, America—except your nuclear waste

By Allison Macfarlane, Sharon Squassoni | Nuclear Energy, Opinion