Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, August 3, 2023
Posted: 3rd August 2023
August 3, 2023
Robert Kennedy, Jr. claimed wi-fi radiation opens up humans’ blood brain barrier on the famous podcast series The Joe Rogan Experience.
DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Wicked problems: How RFK Jr. and vaccine ‘truthers’ infect our minds
Since the launch of his presidential campaign in March of this year, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been appearing on podcasts, news interviews, town halls, and congressional hearings to dispute his anti-vaccine moniker, despite his years of effort to undermine public trust in vaccines. Watch now.
NUCLEAR RISK
Thought-provoked by Oppenheimer
“Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer authentically conveys the contradictions of the man, some I discovered in a small way,” physicist Victor Gilinsky writes. Read more.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Public asked to report fraud in voluntary carbon markets’
Experts have described carbon offsets as a “climate scam.” Now, federal regulatory agencies are beginning to take note, reports Grist editorial intern Joseph Winters. Read more.
NUCLEAR RISK
What Oppenheimer can teach the new generations about nuclear weapons
Oppenheimer’s vision was incompatible with those drawing power from the bomb. And that’s still the case today, Magritte Gordaneer of ICAN argues. Read more.
Wear the cover of a magazine issue that featured one of the first mentions of climate change
The T-shirt design for this week’s #SummerArchiveDive feature comes from a 1978 Bulletin issue that included what was probably one of the earliest uses of the term “climate change” in a general interest publication.
CLIMATE CHANGE
From the archives: One of the earliest uses of the term ‘climate change’
This article includes what was probably one of the earliest uses of the term “climate change” in a general interest publication. Written by climatologist William W. Kellogg, this 10-page cover story appeared in a 1978 issue of the Bulletin magazine. Read more.
NUCLEAR RISK
Join us today for Beyond Oppenheimer
At 7 p.m. ET, the Bulletin and The Elders will kick off a discussion about our shared nuclear history, current challenges, and possible futures. Whether or not you have already seen the new movie about Oppenheimer, this promises to be a valuable conversation about one of the most pressing issues of our time. Read more.
NUCLEAR RISK
Cranes for our Future
To commemorate the anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August, people around the world fold and share paper cranes on social media with a message about what a future without nuclear weapons means to them. Read more and join in.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Why do you suppose it was that the government of the United States saw fit to inform Kodak about fallout and to give them advance warnings on where the hot spots would be, but would not do so for the general public, especially in Utah and Idaho and places like that?”
— Sen. Tom Harkin at a 1997 US Senate hearing, “A secret bomb and ruined film: Why the US government only told Kodak it was going to test nuclear bombs,” Business Insider
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