Most recent papers:

• On its 70th birthday, the Bulletin looks forward.
  John Mecklin.
  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. November 04, 2016
  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Volume 71, Issue 6, Page 1-3, November/December 2015.
  

  November 04, 2016   doi: 10.1177/0096340215611667   open full text
• Pakistani nuclear forces, 2015.
  Hans M. Kristensen, Robert S. Norris.
  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. November 04, 2016
  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Volume 71, Issue 6, Page 59-66, November/December 2015.
  Pakistan has a nuclear weapons stockpile of 110 to 130 warheads, an increase from an estimated 90 to 110 warheads in 2011. With several delivery systems in development, four operating plutonium production reactors, and uranium facilities, the country’s ...

  November 04, 2016   doi: 10.1177/0096340215611090   open full text
• Today’s nuclear dilemma.
  Eric Schlosser.
  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. November 04, 2016
  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Volume 71, Issue 6, Page 11-17, November/December 2015.
  As part of theBulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ 70th anniversary issue, author and investigative journalist Eric Schlosser surveys a nuclear landscape full of dangers, from worldwide nuclear weapons modernization programs and heightened nuclear rhetoric ...

  November 04, 2016   doi: 10.1177/0096340215611107   open full text
• Climate change and Destiny Studies: Creating our near and far futures.
  Robert Socolow.
  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. November 04, 2016
  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Volume 71, Issue 6, Page 18-28, November/December 2015.
  Climate change makes stringent demands on thinking about our future. We need two-sided reasoning to contend equitably with the risks of climate change and the risks of “solutions.” We need to differentiate the future 500 years from now and 50 years from ...

  November 04, 2016   doi: 10.1177/0096340215611080   open full text
• Why the Manhattan Project should be preserved.
  Richard Rhodes.
  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. November 04, 2016
  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Volume 71, Issue 6, Page 4-10, November/December 2015.
  An introduction to a special issue celebrating the 70th anniversary of theBulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

  November 04, 2016   doi: 10.1177/0096340215611077   open full text
• Emerging technologies and the future of humanity.
  Brad Allenby.
  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. November 04, 2016
  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Volume 71, Issue 6, Page 29-38, November/December 2015.
  Emerging technologies are not the danger. Failure of human imagination, optimism, energy, and creativity is the danger.

  November 04, 2016   doi: 10.1177/0096340215611087   open full text
• Biosecurity: The opportunities and threats of industrialization and personalization.
  Gigi Kwik Gronvall.
  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. November 04, 2016
  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Volume 71, Issue 6, Page 39-44, November/December 2015.
  Two trends will dominate biosecurity over the next decade, shaping both opportunities and threats. The first is industrialization, as biotechnology becomes a globally important manufacturing base and economic force. The second is personalization, as an ...

  November 04, 2016   doi: 10.1177/0096340215611086   open full text
• Joe Romm: Why nuclear power will not be the whole solution to climate change.
  
  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. November 04, 2016
  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Volume 71, Issue 6, Page 52-58, November/December 2015.
  In this interview, physicist and climate change blogger Joe Romm speaks with theBulletin’s Dawn Stover about whether nuclear energy will be a major player in efforts to mitigate global warming. Romm points to economics as a limiting factor for nuclear ...

  November 04, 2016   doi: 10.1177/0096340215611079   open full text
• Gwyneth Cravens: Why nuclear power should play a greater role in the response to climate change.
  
  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. November 04, 2016
  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Volume 71, Issue 6, Page 45-51, November/December 2015.
  In this interview, author Gwyneth Cravens talks with theBulletin’s Dawn Stover about why nuclear power should play a greater role in the response to climate change. Cravens describes her conversion from nuclear protester to nuclear supporter, and calls ...

  November 04, 2016   doi: 10.1177/0096340215611078   open full text