What We’re Reading

Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the cutting room floor

By Thomas Gaulkin | Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Nuclear Weapons, What We’re Reading

glass globe and water

Louisiana congressman bets the era of climate denial is over. Or does he?

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Climate Change, What We’re Reading

A US military artist's vision of laser weapons. Perhaps surprisingly, on Earth, the Pentagon is well on the way to making talking laser-formed plasma balls a reality. Credit: Defense Department via Wikimedia Commons.

The Pentagon’s getting closer to fielding talking lasers

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

The sea is rising. Can you save your town?

By Thomas Gaulkin | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

The condensation trails (contrails) of an Airbus A340 jet over London. Credit: Adrian Pingstone

Airplane contrails are changing the climate

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

The environmental cost of your next adventure

By Heather Wuest | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

The Chinese city of Urumqi in Xinjiang. Credit: Alexander Flühmann via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ultrasounds and blood draws: An account of Chinese government oppression of the Uighurs

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Climate change speeding glaciers into cement

By Thomas Gaulkin | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

Iran has exceeded uranium limits set by the Iran nuclear deal. What’s next?

By Heather Wuest | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, What We’re Reading

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at G20 meeting, July 7, 2017

Pentagon report: Russian leaders believe they are already at war with the United States—in the gray zone

By Matt Field | Technology and Security, What We’re Reading

The Russian Uran-9 is an armed robot. Credit: Dmitriy Fomin via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0.

In Syria, Russia found the chance to showcase its swagger–and its robot weapons

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Echocardiography mushroom cloud

Cardiologists take Doomsday Clock to heart

By Thomas Gaulkin | Doomsday Clock, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, What We’re Reading