In November, the UN General Assembly's First Committee adopted a resolution on the risks of integrating AI into nuclear weapons systems. The resolution is an early attempt to translate a fast-moving technical debate into diplomatic language.

Héloïse Fayet writes for the Bulletin on the ways that the increase in noise, deception, and misunderstanding in our information abundant age could have crucial consequences in managing nuclear crises.

The Bulletin is proud to have two articles selected for Popshift's 2025 IP List, highlighting journalistic stories ripe for Hollywood adaptation. iplist.org

The debate about nuclear energy must be reframed for the future buff.ly/hq6oEHl

The Bulletin is excited to welcome @wellerstein.bsky.social as a new Senior Fellow! Alex has written many pieces for the Bulletin over the years, including some of our most popular articles. thebulletin.org/2025/12/alex...

For Popular Mechanics, I went behind the scenes to meet the people behind the @thebulletin.org’s Doomsday Clock. I asked—what does it mean to anticipate apocalypse as your job? www.popularmechanics.com/science/a695...

Fentanyl is no WMD, but Trump’s Venezuela claims eerily echo Bush’s arguments for invading Iraq. thebulletin.org/2025/12/a-de...

In preparation for @thebulletin.org's anniversary issue this month I went through the archives to review our past climate coverage and found a LOT of gems. We couldn't include all of them in the timeline so going to share some of them here.

On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, reports Benjamin Santer. "Even if you’re not a scientist, this should be on your radar. You need to understand what it means." Read more: buff.ly/kdq6GJg

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For our 80th anniversary, Bulletin editor-in-chief @meckdevil.bsky.social interviews former executive director Kennette Benedict about where the Bulletin is going and where its been:

Have you ever wanted to know more about who sets the Doomsday Clock? @emilystrasser.bsky.social profiles members of our Science and Security Board in a new piece for Popular Mechanics:

🚨 JUST IN: A new book explains how four US administrations had multiple opportunities to stop North Korea from getting nuclear weapons but failed, @joecirin.bsky.social writes in @thebulletin.org. #nuclearweapons #NorthKorea #Trump #nukesky

The only policy that has ever worked to restrain and reverse North Korea’s nuclear program has been engagement and diplomacy, not pressure and threats, writes Joe Cirincione. "But Democrats and Republicans alike have long ignored this lesson." buff.ly/QPgZA2m

China's first publicly acknowledged missile defense system, designed to defeat long-range ballistic missiles, is raising questions about Chinese intentions and threatening to intensify the US-China arms race. buff.ly/35loM5h

A house of mistakes: what Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘A House of Dynamite’ gets radically right—and dangerously wrong—about nuclear war buff.ly/42bMsq3

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Eighty years after the atomic bombings, American Catholic bishops visited Japan in August to demand nuclear disarmament—and called for political leaders to do the same. Most Rev. John C. Wester shares his experience on the journey. ⬇️

A decade of chemical and biological disinformation, mapped buff.ly/qcTCI5N

How nuclear submarines could pave the way for nuclear weapons in South Korea ⬇️ buff.ly/duPdOZS

The introduction to the Bulletin's 80th anniversary magazine issues features an interview between Editor-in-Chief John Mecklin and former Executive Director and Publisher Kennette Benedict. The interview shares an inside view of the Bulletin’s recent history and possible future: buff.ly/jTxBmF0

The development of AI is being driven by some of the most powerful companies on Earth. There has never been a greater need for independent voices on AI's science, risks, and governance, writes Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh. This is a role that the Bulletin is positioned to play.

The White House's new National Security Strategy justifies isolationism, lacks attentions on nuclear risk, mentions climate change once, and addresses disruptive technologies mostly in terms of competition. Alexandra Bell @atomicbell.bsky.social provides analysis: buff.ly/57fhXJj

The coming era of biosecurity will demand a broader and more adaptive approach as AI, powerful biological engineering techniques, and globalized scientific research drive progress in biotechnology. buff.ly/6mbSsUg

The United States isn’t prepared for another pandemic. Here’s what should happen buff.ly/ONb2zLT

The Bulletin has championed renewable energy nearly as long as it has warned about nuclear risk, writes author and environmentalist Bill McKibben. "In the face of political resistance and potent disinformation, it must continue to match its dire warnings with optimism grounded in facts."

The world's largest nuclear power plant could be on track to restart. That's just one symptom of Japan's departure from a previously cautious stance on nuclear power. As Japan promotes nuclear power, Tadahiro Katsuta says the myths of inherent safety and absolute necessity can't go on forever.

Youth climate strikes have dissipated. A climate change denialist is back in the White House. And the public is as apathetic as ever to climate change. An activist who has organized for climate justice since 2017 shares a path forward for a movement in need of revitalization. ⬇️

Many tons of chemical warfare agents and precursors are still unaccounted for in Syria. The longer suspected weapons sites remain unexamined and insecure, the higher the risk that whatever chemical weapons may be left will fall into the wrong hands, writes @gregkoblentz.bsky.social. ⬇️

The new nuclear age differs from past eras in an important way: This era is shaped by information abundance. But that abundance comes with a paradox, writes Héloïse Fayet @hfayet.bsky.social. With more data, there's also an increase in noise, deception, and potential misperception.

In the 80th year of the nuclear age, with just 89 seconds left on the Doomsday Clock, every nuclear challenge is trending in the wrong direction, writes Bulletin president and CEO Alexandra Bell @atomicbell.bsky.social.

Exactly 80 years ago, scientists who helped build the world's first atomic bomb published a "bulletin." That was the beginning of the Bulletin, our nonprofit newsroom. To mark the anniversary—in true Bulletin fashion—we published a magazine that looks to the future: buff.ly/REJsWIF

Today marks 80 years since our nonprofit newsroom started publishing. To mark this milestone—in true Bulletin fashion—we published a magazine issue that looks to the future. Check it out: buff.ly/REJsWIF

Despite taking over 10 months to produce, the Trump admin's National Security Strategy document does little to outline how the United States will manage any of the existential threats humanity faces. Ignoring these risks is a disaster in the making, writes Alexandra Bell @atomicbell.bsky.social.

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The amount of conflicts over water have increased over the past two decades. Climate scientist @petergleick.bsky.social writes that the number of incidents reported in 2024 was nearly 20% higher than 2023, and nearly 80% higher than 2022.

Since the US government began recommending hepatitis B vaccines for all newborns in 1991 and cases in people 19 and younger have dropped 99 percent. Making the decision to stop recommending the vaccine all the more shocking to experts.

Sometimes rethinking the way you've been doing things for a long time is good. Other times, when the thing you're rethinking is 3+ decades of advice that has decreased incidence of a deadly liver-rotting disease by 99 percent, it's not so good. @thebulletin.org thebulletin.org/2025/12/a-cd...

My latest @thebulletin.org piece tries to reckon with the economic costs that would accompany the bursting of the AI bubble - and also highlights some of the societal costs we are already paying.

The last agreement constraining US and Russian nuclear weapons expires in two months, and Putin has proposed to extend it. But it takes two to tango. "If President Donald Trump is interested in 'denuclearization,' as he says he is, he could seek to improve on Putin's proposal," writes Steven Pifer.

AI has buoyed the stock market and a struggling US economy. However, warning signs indicate a bubble that everyone will pay for when it bursts. Read the new piece by @jeremyhsu.bsky.social below. ⬇️

If the United States deploys advanced short-range ballistic missile systems to Norway's or Finland's northern regions, and Russia detects them, a crisis similar to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis would ensue, writes physicist Vladimir Marakhonov.

Tehran is approaching “Day Zero.” A @thebulletin.org article by Prof. Elfatih Eltahir and postdoc Yeon-Woo Choi shows how extreme heat and long-term drought have pushed city reservoirs to ~8% capacity, threatening water supplies for 10+ million residents. thebulletin.org/2025/12/shif...

As part of a corruption investigation into Energoatom, Ukraine subpoenaed US nuclear firm Holtec International. Normally, the US Justice Department might have its own questions around this sort of investigation. But these are not normal times, for the US or Ukraine.

The water crisis in Tehran reflects not only this summer’s extreme heat but also several consecutive years of reduced precipitation and ongoing drought conditions across Iran.

Tehran is running out of water. In November, President Masoud Pezeshkian said the capital would have to be moved. Yeon-Woo Choi and Elfatih A. B. Eltahir of MIT write about the increasingly dire situation in Iran's capital for the Bulletin.

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As Washington debates health insurance policy, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has focused on his own priorities like promoting beef tallow and promising to end the "War on Saturated Fat" writes @mattmotta.bsky.social thebulletin.org/2025/11/let-...

Technologies needed for tracing engineered biothreats back to their sources are advancing rapidly. Oliver M. Crook, Anemone Franz, and Aaron Maiwald share recommendations for creating attribution systems that can improve detection, accountability, and deterrence.

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