Military and wartime emissions are difficult to track—but too important to ignore. How much does war, and the preparation and recovery from it, contribute to the climate crisis? Nobody knows, because ...

Since President Eisenhower more-or-less invented the term military-industrial complex, US defense spending has grown, dramatically in some eras, leveling off a bit in others, but overall heading ...

As global interest in nuclear weapons surges, Pakistan's recent conflict with India reveals their stark limits—failing to ...

Protecting critical infrastructure from cyberattacks means confronting a mismatch between the threat and the government’s ...

Scores of researchers and scientific groups have been warning that research toward the creation of mirror life should not be conducted. Not everyone is convinced.

Renewed talks with Pyongyang require more than impulsive concessions. To draw Kim back to the table, Washington must ...

New study finds Earth system models could be overestimating future carbon storage in forests by up to 30 percent.

A group of hungry visitors arrives at a village and asks for food. When the villagers refuse to share what they have, the visitors fill a pot of water and throw in several stones and talk up a tasty ...

Nuclear films are both reflections of the zeitgeist in which they are made and shapers of it. They feed off of both popular and expert anxieties, while also helping to solidify the terms on which ...