Japan's government continues to avoid confronting the difficult reality of nuclear power. But this doesn't mean the myths of inherent safety and absolute necessity of reactors can go on forever.

The magazine you are holding is, in many ways, a disruptive technology. From the introduction of the printing press to the launch of the internet, human inventions have always altered how humans live, ...

For over a century, humanity has rampantly burned fossil fuels to power the machinery of modern life, inexorably releasing gases into the atmosphere that are changing the Earth’s climate. The Bulletin ...

A virus spillover in the animal trade, a research mishap at a biolab, or the intentional use of a bioweapon—any one of these could have dire consequences for the world. The COVID pandemic killed some ...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was founded very near the beginning of the nuclear age, just a few months after American atomic bombs decimated two Japanese cities at the end of World War II.

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Whether a nuclear renaissance actually occurs in the coming decade or two depends on three fundamental questions: Are the new ...

An eyewitness account of the first atomic bomb tests in the Marshall Islands, along with some remarkably prescient observations about what they could mean for future superpower rivalries.

The coming era of biosecurity will demand a broader and more adaptive approach as AI, powerful biological engineering ...

The online information landscape, driven in large part by social media, rewards engagement and is curated by classification ...

The decisions that leaders make today about artificial intelligence governance and research priorities could create paths ...

AI is already sufficiently robust that it introduces new global risks and exacerbates existing threats. Its development is ...