Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists May 22nd 2023
Posted: 22nd May 2023
May 22, 2023
CLIMATE CHANGE
French activists protest climate crisis with fireIn the UK, when climate activists want to block a road, they sit down on it. When their fellow activists in France want to do the same, they build a wall across one side, and set the other side on fire, reports Damien Gayle, environment correspondent for The Guardian. Read more.
DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
How to deal with an AI near-miss: Look to the skiesThose who work in AI could learn a lot from how near-misses are handled by the Aviation Safety Reporting System, writes technology-policy researcher Kris Shrishak. Access this premium article for a limited time.
NUCLEAR RISK
Why we can’t trust the government’s figures about nuclear close callsThe Pentagon’s list of accidents with US nuclear weapons, or “Broken Arrows,” includes inaccuracies and is missing key events. Due to the looseness with which a Broken Arrow is defined, there may be hundreds more accidents, investigative journalist Eric Schlosser tells the Bulletin. Access this premium article for a limited time.
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SPECIAL TOPICS
What’s it like to attend a policy conference?
If you’re a student or early-career academic who’s curious about what to expect at your first conference, the Bulletin’s brand manager Sarah Starkey offers insight and advice in this video detailing what happened at the Bulletin’s Pathogens Project conference in Geneva, Switzerland. Watch now.
SPECIAL TOPICS
Near-misses, close calls, and early warnings
Unexploded nuclear bombs still lie off American coasts. But the world’s close calls are not limited to nuclear weapons. In case you missed it: Our May premium magazine issue is devoted to the lessons humanity can learn from these narrow escapes. Read more.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“For 77 years, nuclear weapons have not been used at all. We should not allow the current situation to negate that history.”
— Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, nuclear-power-bomb-hiroshima/4rh4t/826886217?h=e3vkkNWghH2CY-OJ6fvOUO1BGkFdoqZNt67VhYdM8Q4”> Time
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