At our core, the Bulletin is a media organization, publishing a free-access website and a bimonthly magazine. But we are much more. The Bulletin’s website, iconic Doomsday Clock, and regular events help advance actionable ideas at a time when technology is outpacing our ability to control it. The Bulletin focuses on three main areas: nuclear risk, climate change, and disruptive technologies. What connects these topics is a driving belief that because humans created them, we can control them.
- The Nuclear Notebook
The Nuclear Notebook is co-authored by Hans M. Kristensen and Matt Korda and published bi-monthly in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Each issue provides a snapshot of a nuclear-armed country weapons programs or a global nuclear weapons matter. - Doomsday Clock
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock is a design that warns the public about how close we are to destroying our world with dangerous technologies of our own making. It is a metaphor, a reminder of the perils we must address if we are to survive on the planet. - Nuclear Risk
Articles about nuclear risk, written for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. - Twenty years after 9/11, terrorists could still go nuclear
Twenty years after 9/11, terrorists could still go nuclear As Americans reeled after the 9/11 attacks 20 years ago, one question was at the front of many minds: Could even… - Biden should guide missile defense his own way
Biden should guide missile defense his own way The Biden administration has begun a review of US missile defense policy. The review is part of a broader effort to align defense strategy and posture with the… - The United States needs to cut military spending and shift money to two pressing threats: pandemics and climate change
The United States needs to cut military spending and shift money to two pressing threats: pandemics and climate change The last year has made one fact quite clear: Spending huge… - Nuclear Notebook: How many nuclear weapons does Pakistan have in 2021?
Nuclear Notebook: How many nuclear weapons does Pakistan have in 2021? Editor’s note: The Nuclear Notebook is researched and written by Hans M. Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project… - The history of nuclear power’s imagined future: Plutonium’s journey from asset to waste
The history of nuclear power’s imagined future: Plutonium’s journey from asset to waste Two histories of nuclear power can be recounted. The first is the history of the active present. … - How to limit presidential authority to order the use of nuclear weapons
In the United States, the president has sole authority to order the use of nuclear weapons, for any reason and at any time. This arrangement is both risky and unnecessary.