Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists December 15th 2022

Posted: 16th December 2022

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Dec. 15, 2022

 
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BIOSECURITY

Mapped: Maximum containment labs around the world

In 2022, the Bulletin partnered with GlobalBiolabs, an initiative to provide details of high containment labs around the world and their policies and practices to ensure safe, secure and responsible pathogen research. Explore the map and more of the Bulletin’s biosecurity coverage.

SPECIAL TOPICS

The Bulletin names Haydn Belfield and Christian Ruhl 2022 Leonard M. Rieser Award recipients

The Bulletin is thrilled to announce Haydn Belfield and Christian Ruhl as the 2022 recipients of the Leonard M. Rieser award for their July 14, 2022 article, “Why policy makers should beware claims of new ‘arms races’”. Read more.

NUCLEAR RISK

Why the world must protect nuclear reactors from military attacks. Now.

It is imperative for countries to stop waiting for a disaster to happen and act immediately to stop attacks on nuclear facilities in Ukraine, says scientist George M. Moore. Read more.

  
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Bulletin board member Robert Socolow is matching donations up to $10,000

Make a gift to the Bulletin by Dec. 31 and double your impact. Robert Socolow, a theoretical physicist and member of the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board, is matching all contributions up to $10,000.
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DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES

The A1 Verse: Conspiracies, coups, and other grim tales

The latest A1 Verse features snippets of the front-page New York Times story “A Coup Plot, a Prince and the Far Right in a German Spa Town” by by Erika Solomon and Katrin Bennhold. Read more.

SPONSORED

Open position: The William P. and Hazel B. White Center Professor of the Ethics of New Weapons Technology

The Notre Dame Department of Political Science, the Notre Dame International Security Center, and the ND Technology Ethics Center are searching for a senior scholar who combines substantive knowledge of, and continuing interest in, the development and empirical and theoretical analysis of militarily relevant technologies (broadly defined) with a deep knowledge of the ethical dimensions (broadly construed) of technology, war, and statecraft. Learn more and apply here.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“We live in a moment in which children know there is a civil war happening in the world. They know the doomsday clock is closer than ever. They know that there is oppression, fascism, suppression of this and that. I mean, the kids live in an incredibly scary world. Why not have the conversations, you know?”
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— Guillermo del Toro,​​​​ “Guillermo del Toro on whether his Pinocchio is for kids,” Jo Blo

  
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