Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists December 22nd 2022
Posted: 22nd December 2022
Dec. 22, 2022
CLIMATE CHANGE
This holiday season, climate change should be on the tableHoping to find common ground with family and friends on the issue of climate change? Holiday foods could be part of the recipe for success, according to three climate experts. Read more.
NUCLEAR RISK
Building promises of small modular reactors—one conference at a timeEarlier this year, small modular reactor (SMR) enthusiasts from industry, government, and business gathered in Atlanta to discuss the promise of a SMR-led revival of the nuclear industry: “This time, it will be different!” Read more.
NUCLEAR RISK
Martin Rees explains how science might save usRenowned British cosmologist and astrophysicist Martin Rees discusses his new book, If Science is to Save Us, with Bulletin editor-in-chief John Mecklin. Read more.
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DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
How conspiratorial thinking is undermining democracy, and what we can do about itIn light of the anticipated release of the Jan. 6 committee’s final report, it is worth reading this recent commentary from Pulitzer Prize winner Alan C. Miller which explores how we can fight misinformation, disinformation, and conspiratorial thinking. Read more.
NUCLEAR RISK
Virtual Program—What’s next for Russia: Does Putin matter?How will Russian national interests define the actions of Putins’ successor? And do those closest to Putin share the same political psychology? Experts Melinda Haring and Charles Strozier join Daniel Drezner to discuss these questions in this Bulletin virtual program. Watch now.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The experiment itself, at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, was not intended as an energy explosion. It was intended as an experiment to help the weapons program.”
— Bulletin Science and Security Board Member Robert Rosner, “Fusion Breakthrough Could be Climate, Energy Game-Changer,” WTTW
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