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WEBSubscribe to our YouTube channel. Follow us on Facebook. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists informs the public about threats to the survival and development of humanity from nuclear weapons, climate change, and emerging technologies in the life sciences.
Doomsday Clock - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
WEBJan 23, 2024 · The Doomsday Clock is a design that warns the public about how close we are to destroying our world with dangerous technologies of our own making. It is a metaphor, a reminder of the perils we must address if we are to survive on the planet. When the Doomsday Clock was created in 1947, the greatest danger to humanity came from nuclear weapons ...
Topics - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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November 2021 - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
WEBNuclear Notebook: Chinese nuclear forces, 2021. By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda. This Nuclear Notebook examines China’s nuclear arsenal, which has now surpassed France’s as the world’s third largest. The authors estimate that China's stockpile now includes roughly 350 operational warheads with more in production.
About Us - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
WEBAbout the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Our mission The Bulletin equips the public, policymakers, and scientists with the information needed to reduce man-made threats to our existence. About us At our core, the Bulletin is a media organization, posting free articles on its website and publishing a premium digital magazine. But we are much … Continued
December 2020 - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
WEBBy John Mecklin. In this issue—which marks the start of the 75th year of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists —respected strategic thinkers of this era explain where the Bulletin and its readers should focus their attention in coming decades. The issue also contains noteworthy pieces from the Bulletin archives, including work by Einstein ...
September 2021 - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
WEBBy John Mecklin. In the September issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, five expert observers of US military spending provide their views on bringing a measure of sanity to the process by which successive Congresses and presidents produce—almost automatically, with little that resembles probing oversight or even rational discussion ...
Magazine archive - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
WEBThis archive was created in honor of John A. Simpson, one of the Bulletin‘s principal founders and a longtime member of its Board of Sponsors. This searchable archive provides exclusive online access to original interviews and commentary by luminaries like Albert Einstein, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Ruth Adams, John F. Kennedy, Stephen Hawking, Jennifer Doudna, Fiona Hill, … Continued
January 2021 - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
WEBNuclear Notebook: United States nuclear weapons, 2021. By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda. The US nuclear arsenal remained roughly unchanged in the last year, with the Defense Department maintaining an estimated stockpile of approximately 3,800 warheads. Of these, only 1,800 warheads are deployed, while approximately 2,000 are held in reserve.
Facts and opinions about climate change - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
WEBDec 7, 2020 · When the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was founded, climate change science was in its infancy. There were no global climate models, no supercomputers, and no satellite remote-sensing data. Only a few visionaries understood that man-made increases in the amount of carbon dioxide (CO 2) might cause large global climate changes.The definitive summary of atmospheric science in the decade after ...
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