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existential threats

An existential timeline of the Trump/Pence and Biden/Harris presidencies

By Thomas Gaulkin, François Diaz-Maurin, Jessica McKenzie, Sara Goudarzi, Matt Field | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Multimedia, Nuclear Risk

No cats or dogs were killed during the completion of this debate scorecard

By John Mecklin, Thomas Gaulkin | Special Topics

Undebatable: You need this existential threat scorecard for the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump debate

By Thomas Gaulkin | Special Topics

No debate: On existential threats, Biden, Trump, and CNN all largely failed

By John Mecklin, Thomas Gaulkin | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Special Topics

Is there any debate? This is the existential threat scorecard you need to rate the Biden and Trump matchup

By John Mecklin | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Special Topics

“The world has already ended”: Britt Wray on living with the horror and trauma of climate crisis

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

Earth dice climate gamble

Betting against worst-case climate scenarios is risky business

By David Spratt | Climate Change

UN Secretary-General: “the Doomsday Clock is a global alarm clock”

By François Diaz-Maurin | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk

Board of Sponsors member Martin Rees

Martin Rees explains how science might save us

By John Mecklin | Artificial Intelligence, Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies, Technology and Security

Martin Rees, Royal Astronomer and co-founder of Cambridge University’s Center for the Study of Existential Risk.

Buckle up: We are in for a bumpy ride. An interview with Royal Astronomer Martin Rees

By Rachel Bronson | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Weapons