Travis Carlson·1d agoThe Doomsday Clock Has Moved Back Only 8 Times in 79 Years. This Is Why.I made over the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ timeline as an animated data story for #MakeoverMonday, and every move away from…
Eitan Rieger·3d agoThe next Mushroom Cloud may not resemble what we expectIn the 1970 film “Beneath the Planet of the Apes” a society of subterranean mutants falls to its knees before a doomsday nuclear warhead…
InThe ApparatusbyJ Gray·4d agoThe Nuclear Programme With Inspectors Was the One That Got BombedIran was inspected to the kilogram and bombed. Israel was never inspected and is in good standing. The US documents on both, side by side.
InAbove the FoldbyEdward Wasserman·4d agoDaniel Ellsberg’s Dark Chronicles of Courage and ForebodingThe famous whistleblower’s posthumous memoir recalls moments of triumph amid moral failure
InThe ApparatusbyJ Gray·5d agoThree Years Behind Israel’s BombEisenhower to Nixon: four presidents asked about Israel’s reactor at Dimona, accepted the visits Israel offered, and stopped asking in…
InThe ApparatusbyJ Gray·6d agoDimona: “We Were Supposed to See It First”Kennedy asked to see Israel’s reactor before it went critical. His letter was never delivered. The inspection came 23 days after…
Ghufran ali khan·6d agoThe Man Who Survived Both Atomic BombingsA man who survived two atomic bombs in three days.A response icon19A response icon19
Michael J. Sullivan·6d agoWWNS #8: The War Budget Nobody Can CutIn five years, five companies took in $771 billion in Pentagon contracts, more than twice what the U.S. spent on diplomacy and aid…
Rod D. Martin·Oct 28China Is Starting a Runaway Nuclear Arms Race. Golden Dome Can Make It Irrelevant.Beijing’s massive nuclear buildup has broken the old arms-control balance. America can try to outbuild Russia and China combined — or it…
