During the Cold War, two physicists became public "opponents" of the Pentagon's antiballistic missile systems. But they kept ...

On January 27th, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will reveal the 2026 Doomsday Clock time. The announcement will occur during a live, in-person news ...

Routine reactor emissions pose no meaningful health risk to the US workers and population, a health physicist and a nuclear ...

Disruptive technology stories that explore the artificial intelligence revolution and the influence of powerful technology ...

The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab was an actual radioactive toy and learning set sold in the early 1950s. The $49.50 set came with four samples of uranium-bearing ores (autunite, torbernite, ...

Thomas Shea is an independent consultant with extensive experience in non-proliferation and IAEA safeguards, nuclear disarmament, and the global expansion of nuclear power. He recently contributed to ...

Peter James (PJ) Seel is a radiological health analyst at the Breakthrough Institute’s Washington, DC office.

Adam Stein is the director of the Nuclear Energy Innovation program at the Breakthrough Institute.

Congressman Ted Lieu, in his third term in Congress, represents California’s 33rd District. In his first term he was elected president of the Democratic Freshman Class by his colleagues; last term he ...

Toby Ault is a professor of atmospheric sciences at Cornell University.

Michael E. Mann is presidential distinguished professor and director of the Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media at The University of Pennsylvania. He is co-author with Peter Hotez of the ...

Founded by scientists and engineers of the Manhattan Project in the wake of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has been alerting humanity to the ...