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A SEA OF MISINFORMATION: The Truth About Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, and Radiation
Few subjects generate more confusion than nuclear power, nuclear weapons, and radiation. Radiation is often described...
THORIUM: The Promise of Element 90
There is a hard truth to face: Worldwide carbon emissions continue to grow despite efforts to reduce them. Modern...
ONE IN A HUNDRED THOUSAND EACH DAY: Are Those Acceptable Odds for Having a Nuclear War?
For nearly eight decades, humanity has avoided a nuclear war. Barely. Many credit the concept of Mutually Assured...
ZEKS BY THE MILLIONS: The Forgotten Cost of Soviet Nuclear Weapons
Zeks had been dropping like flies in the uranium mines and nuclear facilities of the Soviet Union. “Zek” is Russian...
AI AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS: Machines Are the Best Hackers Now
Artificial intelligence is transforming the world at incredible speed. Seemingly overnight, AI has become a tool for...
SURVIVING A NUCLEAR WAR? It Depends
The idea that rugged individualists might survive a nuclear war persists in popular culture. Today’s movies and...
STANISLAV PETROV: The Right Stuff
During the early morning hours of September 26, 1983, a lieutenant colonel named Stanislav Petrov was serving as the...
LITTLE BOY: A Message to the Emperor
On August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay flew over the city of Hiroshima, Japan. At 8:15 AM, it released a...
THE HALL BROTHERS: American Hero, Soviet Spy
During World War II and the early Cold War, two American brothers found themselves on opposite sides of history. One...
THE DEAD HAND: Nuclear War by Machine
At the height of the Cold War, both superpowers feared a nightmare scenario – a sudden decapitating strike that...
BROKEN ARROWS: Nuclear Accidents That Should Have Happened
Since the dawn of the atomic age, our civilization has been held at risk by nuclear weapons. In some respects, the...
THE WILD CARD: Can Nuclear Weapons Be Hacked?
In an age where power grids, financial institutions, and even the Pentagon’s top-secret military systems have all been...
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