The Doomsday Clock is an internationally recognized design that conveys how close we are to destroying our civilization with dangerous technologies of our own making. First and foremost among these are nuclear weapons, but the dangers include climate-changing technologies, emerging... Read More
Three scholars discuss the historic implications of the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, achieved at the University of Chicago 75 years ago
Seven eminent experts—including Bulletin president Rachel Bronson—take stock of the current nuclear situation in the December issue of Harper's magazine.
When do you prepare for a challenge? Before it hits you, climate scientist, retired Navy officer, and Bulletin Science and Security Board member David Titley says in this TED talk.
The only physicist in Congress explains why it should do nothing in response to President Trump’s decertification announcement on the Iran nuclear deal
During the Cold War, the United States deployed nuclear weapons in South Korea continuously for 33 years, from 1958 to 1991. The South Korean-based nuclear arsenal peaked at an all-time high of approximately 950 warheads in 1967. Since the last US nuclear weapons were withdrawn from South Korea in 1991, the United States has protected South Korea and Japan under a “nuclear umbrella” using...
