Special Topics

Cuts, evictions, and job losses: A view from the trenches of climate science in 2026

By Adam Sobel | Climate Change, Special Topics

anti-nuclear waste protest by Taiwan indigenous tribe, in costume

Paradise lost? The framing of nuclear risk and its impact upon the Tao Community of Lanyu Island, Taiwan

By Louie Palmer | Analysis, Magazine, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Waste, Special Topics

a large data center in Northern Virginia encroaches on some upscale suburban homes

The dirty parts of the computing world, revisited

By Nathan Ensmenger | Cyber Security, Disruptive Technologies, Magazine, Special Topics

1901 Puck cartoon about monopolies

Opinion: The world has moved on. But it need not stay this way forever

By Cory Doctorow | Magazine, Opinion, Personal Essay, Special Topics

Thirteen films that are essential to understanding the nuclear age

By Alex Wellerstein | Magazine, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Personal Essay, Satire, Special Topics

July issue: Doomsday, the movie

By Dan Drollette Jr | Artificial Intelligence, Chemical Weapons, Climate Change, Magazine, Nuclear Weapons, Satire, Special Topics

Introduction: Doomsday and the movies

By Dan Drollette Jr | Magazine, Personal Essay, Satire, Special Topics, Uncategorized

Hiroshima 2 hours after bomb dropped

The Manhattan Project first created the Bomb. Then came its story—as revealed in the documentary “Bombshell”

By Dan Drollette Jr | Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Magazine, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

wind farm in China, panoramic view

The clear winner of Trump’s war in the Middle East is… China, says new report

By Amy Hawkins | Analysis, Special Topics

What if the smartphone in your pocket was also a radiation detector?

By Andrew Longman, Ephraim Fischbach | Opinion, Special Topics

Thomas Pickering portrait

The potential for a new Iran agreement and the future of nuclear arms control: Interview with Thomas Pickering

By Dan Drollette Jr | Magazine, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

measles closeup

As measles outbreaks grow, the economic cost of anti-vaccine misinformation could become clearer

By Matt Field | Magazine, Science Denial, Special Topics