Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists April 6th 2023
Posted: 7th April 2023
April 6, 2023
BIOSECURITY
Listen to leading biosecurity experts discuss the framework for future pathogen researchOn April 19-20, watch renowned experts discuss biosecurity risks and how to mitigate high-risk pathogen research at the Bulletin’s Pathogens Project conference in Geneva, Switzerland. Register for the livestream.
NUCLEAR RISK
Biden’s new nuclear security agenda might not work as plannedBiden’s new nuclear security agenda is unlikely to succeed without sufficient international cooperation, writes nuclear security expert Sitara Noor. “Biden’s nuclear security agenda has little chance of recreating the international momentum achieved with the Obama summits.” Read more.
NUCLEAR RISK
Brits want to talk about nuclear weapons, but their government doesn’tA British Pugwash poll found major differences between the British public’s views on nuclear weapons issues and UK government policies, report three rising experts studying nuclear risk. Read more.
Watch Zeynep Tufekci’s keynote speech at the Pathogens Project conference
On April 19, hear remarks on the current state of biosecurity around the world from Zeynep Tufekci, a Turkish-American sociologist and writer for The New York Times and the Atlantic, who was a 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist for her insightful and compassionate columns about the COVID-19 pandemic.
NUCLEAR RISK
Now that it has joined NATO, Finland needs a new nuclear weapons policyOn Tuesday, Finland officially joined NATO. What does this mean for the nation’s nuclear policy? In December, three nuclear security experts argued that it should result in a new nuclear weapons policy for the European nation. Read more.
DOOMSDAY CLOCK
A Norwegian company wants to preserve the world’s music in case of disaster – but how will they do it?As the Doomsday Clock sits the closest it has ever been to striking midnight, journalist Will Pritchard reports on the people hoping to preserve centuries worth of music in this Independent article. Read more.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Few people pick up and read peer-reviewed literature on a daily basis. And so when it comes to climate change, the way in which entertainment media is engaging with it is critically important to helping a global population understand what we’re facing.”
— Max Boykoff, environmental studies professor, “There are plenty of doomsday climate stories — ‘Extrapolations’ is about the everyday,” NPR
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