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An interview with Susan Solomon, who solved the mystery of the Antarctic ozone hole and has won one of the world’s biggest science prizes.

An illustrated history of the world’s deadliest epidemics, from ancient Rome to Covid-19 January 16, 2023 How does the COVID-19 pandemic compare to viral outbreaks of the past? As the world lurches into a fourth year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the official death count based on public disclosures is currently 6.7 million, but estimates of … Continued

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.

An American no-first-use commitment would reduce the risk of nuclear war at a time when arsenals are growing and tensions are mounting—particularly in Asia.

The March for Science affirms the idea of science as a great equalizer. Like the American dream, science can empower individuals and lift communities.

With the presidential primaries ending this week, it's time to focus on the general election and the key national security challenges that the next president will face. Over the next three columns, I will outline what national security issues I think the candidates should be debating.

The notorious ice storm of 1998 was devastating to New England. With climate change, more such storms are expected—so what will they do to the region's forests? To find out, researchers created the first-ever artificial ice storm, in the controlled conditions of an experimental forest.

Throughout the world's oceans, forests of kelp—crucial to biodiversity, carbon sequestration, and coastal protection—are under threat from climate change, pollution, and human development. Will they disappear before we fully understand their massive environmental benefits?

North Korea is making veiled conciliatory gestures to the South, but remains firmly committed to its nuclear weapons.

The Menendez-Kirk legislation would push the United States closer to a military confrontation with Iran.

While reporting the chaotic and shifting signals about the possibility of war with Iran, the major news media have not done a particularly good job of explaining why major US military action in Iran would be, in practical terms, so likely to end in disaster.

Less than a month after the first-ever US-North Korea summit, news reports began emerging that Pyongyang is continuing to develop its nuclear program, just as it was doing before the June 12th meeting in Singapore between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un. This shouldn’t come as a surprise. While these reported activities violate UN Security Council … Continued

As demand for energy rises in the developing world, nuclear power could provide one partial solution to the global climate crisis. Large countries such as Russia and China are both investing in nuclear power and positioning themselves to export technology and expertise. But whether developing countries should incorporate nuclear energy depends on a range of factors such as local energy demand and the availability of other energy sources. They should also consider how competitive nuclear energy would be. Most important, countries that go nuclear should have sufficient technological, industrial, and political stability.

This past Memorial Day, a Minneapolis police officer knelt on the throat of an African-American, George Floyd, for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. Seventy-five years ago, an American pilot dropped an atomic bomb on the civilian population of Hiroshima. Worlds apart in time, space, and scale, the two events share three key features. Each was an act of state violence. Each was an act carried out against a defenseless opponent. Each was an act of naked racism. 

Shortly after its failed April 13 rocket launch, North Korea was widely expected to conduct its third underground nuclear test. Such a test would have fit the pattern of the first two nuclear tests, both of which followed failed rocket launches and international condemnation. And Pyongyang has compelling technical, military, and political reasons to conduct a third nuclear test that would demonstrate it can miniaturize nuclear warheads to fit on a missile, making its nuclear arsenal more threatening.

As Israel weighs how to respond to Iran’s attack, targeting its nuclear facilities might be strategically disadvantageous.

In Africa, nearly every aspect of human development (health, agricultural, educational, or industrial) depends upon reliable access to modern energy sources. Therefore, it's worth investigating whether nuclear power can safely alleviate energy shortages and optimize an energy mix consistent with the national interests of African countries.