Without a bold strategy and consistent presidential attention, it will only be a matter of time until the world will wake up to North Korean nuclear weapons that can precisely target any American city and cause mass destruction.

How to navigate the roller coaster of climate change news cycles

Exaggerating, probably.

Given the serious cost, scheduling, and scientific questions about the US government's program for producing new plutonium cores (or pits) for nuclear warheads, the authors recommend the program be scaled back to manufacture 10 to 20 pits per year. Such a demonstration production line would establish the capacity to produce pits, if further research shows they are needed.

John Morales made history as the first degreed meteorologist on Spanish TV. And he's breaking the mold in another way, arguing in favor of facts and evidence for climate change.

Why the latest North-South Korea summit is actually a sign of diminished optimism.

Superheroes and nuclear protest.

Good Food Institute founder Bruce Friedrich on how alternative meat could help solve big global problems like climate change and antibiotic resistance and what the nascent industry needs to succeed.

The world’s largest fossil fuel producers don’t have credible plans for achieving net zero carbon emissions, despite claiming they support the Paris Agreement. Investors must expect more, question more, and tolerate less from the oil, gas, and coal companies—and tell them to get on board with climate action, or get out of the way.

Recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities are dominating international security news today, and with good reason. Those attacks—against the Abqaiq crude oil processing installation and the Khurais oil field—have reportedly shut down half of Saudi Arabian oil production for an as-yet-undetermined time, causing a spike in world oil prices and raising the prospect of a US attack on Iran.

In trying to defuse the increasingly dangerous situation in the Persian Gulf region, which could lead to an inadvertent or accidental conflict between the United States and Iran, it is incumbent upon the United States to take the lead.  Not only is it the leading global power; it is primarily responsible for creating this dangerous … Continued

Since an Israeli-Hamas ceasefire was announced in November, Israel's Iron Dome system has been hailed as proof that missile defense has emerged from the realm of the theoretical and assumed the status of a real battlefield weapon. It's also been called a game changer for the Israel-Palestine conflict. The verdict is in, crowed Max Boot, a defense expert at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York: "Missile defense works."

Renowned British cosmologist and astrophysicist Martin Rees discusses his new book, "If Science is to Save Us," with Bulletin editor in chief John Mecklin.

The Biden administration has begun to show its commitment to allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region, but those efforts are undercut by the slow pace of diplomatic appointments and the selection of political nominees for critical diplomatic posts.

Cities and towns are using the latest new, hard data about the worst climate abusers to file lawsuits against specific companies.

It’s bad enough that a government shutdown could bar you from the Grand Canyon. But what if it exposed the government to cyber attack?

A significant percentage of Black Americans does not want to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Angela R. Pashayan examines how misinformation plays a role in that phenomenon: "People like my friend don’t tune in to watch Wolf Blitzer, the CNN anchor. Many don’t even have televisions. Instead, they use apps on their phone and tune in to people who talk like them and share vital information. Analysis isn’t important; trust is. With my friend, who didn’t want to be named in this article, misinformation posted by friends that the vaccine is harmful is what ends up sticking."

A House subcommittee has begun investigating the origins of COVID-19, the latest of many investigations into the beginnings of the pandemic.