September issue: The hype, peril, and promise of AI

Special Topics

Popping the chatbot hype balloon

By Sara Goudarzi | Special Topics

September issue: The hype, peril, and promise of Artificial Intelligence

By Dan Drollette Jr | Special Topics

This is a section of a 1988 Bulletin magazine cover. This issue focused on the victories of antinuclear activists and groups, with a large focus on the Dagomys Declaration that the Pugwash Council released in September of 1988. The image shows three anti-nuclear activists with their arms linked together.

A perspective from 1988: The Third World needs scientific advancement

By Abdus Salam | Special Topics

Oppenheimer security badge photo at Los Alamos

“He did not speak the ordinary language”: Memories of Oppie, from a Manhattan Project physicist

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

Oppenheimer’s tragedy—and ours

By Robert Jay Lifton | Personal Essay, Special Topics

Color photo of Trinity test of atomic bomb on July 16, 1945

Introduction — Oppenheimer: The man behind the movie

By Dan Drollette Jr | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

Nichols presents charges

By K.D. Nichols | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Special Topics

The Oppenheimer case: A study in the abuse of law

By Harold P. Green | Investigative Reporting, Nuclear Weapons, Personal Essay, Special Topics

Oppenheimer Replies

By J. Robert Oppenheimer | Nuclear Weapons, Personal Essay, Special Topics

view from ocean of condo collapse in Florida

Lessons learned in blood: Why we fail to use near-misses to prevent man-made disasters

By Catherine H. Tinsley | Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Special Topics

crashed WW1 biplane with spectators

Introduction: Near-misses, close calls, and early warnings

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Special Topics

March issue: What to do about Taiwan

By Dan Drollette Jr | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics