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This is your COVID wake-up call: It is 100 seconds to midnight via the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

2021 Doomsday Clock Statement Science and Security BoardBulletin of the Atomic Scientists Editor, John Mecklin Editor’s note: Founded in 1945 by Albert Einstein and University of Chicago scientists who helped develop the first atomic weapons in the Manhattan Project, the Bulletin … Continue reading

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This Vanishing Moment and Our Vanishing Future via TomDispatch

By Nick Turse It was the end of the world, but if you didn’t live in Hiroshima or Nagasaki, you didn’t know it. Not in 1945 anyway. One man, John Hersey, brought that reality to Americans in an unforgettable fashion … Continue reading

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The Doomsday Clock Moves Closer To Midnight | Mach | NBC News

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Is solar power in nuclear disaster exclusion zones advisable? via Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

By Arnold Gundersen A July 2016 article in The Guardian said that the country of Ukraine has been soliciting funds for a proposed project to turn extensive swathes of ground adjacent to Chernobyl into a gigantic solar collector full of … Continue reading

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Column America’s newest nuke plant shows why nuclear power is dying in the U.S. via The Los Angeles Times

By Michael Hiltzik Shortly after New Year’s Day, the Tennessee Valley Authority is expected to bring its newest nuclear power plant online. The TVA says Watts Bar Unit 2 in Spring City, Tenn., about 50 miles north of Chattanooga, will … Continue reading

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It is three minutes to midnight via The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Watch 2015 Doomsday Clock announcement.

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Doomsday clock, related to nuclear disarmament, is too close to midnight: Guest viewpoint via MassLive

By Ira Helfand This Thursday, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will update their famous Doomsday Clock. Since 1947 the Bulletin has used the clock to illustrate the severity of the threat of nuclear war. During the worst years of … Continue reading

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Kennette Benedict speaking at at nuclear conference in Chicago, Dec 1-2 via The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Kennette Benedict, executive director of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, will lead a panel at a two-day conference, December 1-2, observing the 70th anniversary of the first controlled nuclear chain reaction, and the consequences of the nuclear age. The … Continue reading

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