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Opinion

A failure in discretion: the meaning of the Trump leak to the Russians

By Sharon Squassoni | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Special Topics, Technology and Security

Mini-nukes: Still a bad choice for the United States

By James E. Doyle | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Can Bill Gates rescue the Bioweapons Convention?

By Paul F. Walker, Gregory D. Koblentz | Biosecurity, Opinion

A better mousetrap?

By David Krieger | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Science teachers in the trenches of the climate wars

By Glenn Branch | Climate Change, Opinion

Lessons from Canada’s scientific resistance

By Andrew Nikiforuk | Climate Change, Opinion

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Whistleblowers and the NRC: Do as I say, not as I don’t

By Dave Lochbaum | Nuclear Energy, Opinion

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The civic duties of scientists

By Yangyang Cheng | Opinion

Europe should act fast to preserve the Iran nuclear deal

By Ellie Geranmayeh | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

When 10,000 square miles of contamination is an acceptable risk: The NRC’s faulty concept

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Energy, Opinion

Trump supporters don’t like his climate policies

By Dana Nuccitelli | Climate Change, Opinion

Did Sudan use chemical weapons in Darfur last year?

By Jonathan Loeb | Biosecurity, Opinion