Despite being an important step toward disarmament, no new zone free of nuclear weapons has entered into force since 2009—the longest stretch ever without a pact.

Chinese companies are relying on Uyghur forced labor for manufacturing, drug testing, and forcibly collecting blood for drug production.

Pulling a single barrel of oil out of shale requires two to four barrels of water, which is exactly what the arid Uinta Basin doesn't have.

To prevent pandemics and deal with bioterror, health care must be available to all.

Failure to revive the Iran nuclear deal could remove the possibility of applying the verification tools gained to other proliferation challenges like North Korea or the next nuclear threshold state.

Some observers express optimism that victory over the coronavirus will instill greater appreciation for what science, government, and business can do together to tackle climate change. Others fear that the virus’s economic damage will set back climate efforts by years.

Could new technology help public health authorities in the United States revive an old public health tool for combatting epidemics?

Technology needs to partner with psychology to effectively counter the spread of misinformation.

Nobody was actually rearranging the deck chairs as the ship sank, but catastrophic mistakes were made that hold lessons for climate change.

The Pentagon seems to have decided that anthropology is to the war on terror what physics was to the Cold War. As an anthropologist, this makes me very nervous. Where former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld believed that the United States would vanquish its enemies through technological superiority, his replacement Robert Gates has said that cultural expertise in counterinsurgency operations will be crucial in the future wars he anticipates.

Despite doubts about credibility of NATO or US security guarantees, a European nuclear force would still bring more risks than benefits.

Advanced commercial satellite imagery could soon make it very difficult—if not impossible—to establish secret nuclear programs or maintain secrecy around existing ones. Here's why.

Utilities, the nuclear industry, the US government, and environmental groups all have an interest in finding a permanent solution to nuclear waste. Here’s why they’re dragging their feet.

The EPA will likely weaken Obama-era fuel efficiency standards. California doesn’t have to care.

Climate change is still treated as an ecological and humanitarian issue. Recognizing its security dimension allows the armed forces to jump-start climate action.

Past arms control efforts failed to recognize the historical context in which new nuclear weapons capabilities were introduced. A new tool seeks to address that.

The striking realignment of alliances and priorities in the Middle East and beyond could impact Iran’s nuclear decisions.

An entirely unscientific sampling.

An interview with California Gov. and new Bulletin Executive Chair Jerry Brown