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Nuclear-free NYC: How New Yorkers are disarming the legacies of the Manhattan Project

By Kathleen Sullivan, Matthew Breay Bolton | Nuclear Weapons

A screen shot from the Prelinger Archive's print of "Duck and Cover" (ca. 1951). "Duck and Cover" is a Civil Defense film, demonstrating the "Duck and Cover" technique of minimizing harm from a nuclear blast. Source: Official publications of the US government.

This is an official New York City video about how to survive a nuclear attack. Please do not freak out.

By John Mecklin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Children getting immunized at a health station in New York City.

Lessons for dealing with coronavirus: A tale of two cities—and smallpox

By Laura H. Kahn | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies