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1) The amazing Garwin has died! An immense person, creater of the hydrogen bomb, a reservoir of knowledge and tireless defender of facts and reason. nytimes.com/2025/05/14/sci… I have two stories about Dick:

It's a new era at FAS. Today we bring MetroLab Network aboard because we realized we can do more together than separately. Cannot wait to work with Kate Garman Burns and her team on the state and local science & tech agenda. MetroLab Network + Federation of American Scientists🔬 = 👊 More below 👇

This is awesome. I like this combo. Also, more non-profits should consider mergers + acquisitions. It can be win-win.

From Jon Wolfsthal, Hans Kristensen (also on Bluesky), and Matt Korda: the first in a series for Washington Post Opinions on the overlooked but intensifying risk dynamics associated with nuclear weapons: washingtonpost.com/opinions/inter…

A MUST read: "Why we should worry about nuclear weapons again." by Jon Wolfsthal, Hans Kristensen, Matt Korda "We underestimate [this] risk at our collective peril." Hans Kristensen (also on Bluesky) Matt Korda shorturl.at/xmgNr

Honored to co-author the second in a series of articles in The Washington Post about nuclear risks and challenges facing us. This one is about accidents and incidents that nearly triggered nuclear war, others that could potentially do so. washingtonpost.com/opinions/inter…

Chinese universities ranked above MIT, Oxford, Stanford in the new 2025 Nature Index: Zhejiang, USTC, Peking, Tsinghua, Nanjing, Shanghai Jiaotong, Sun Yat-sen, Fudan, Sichuan China’s heavy investment in scientific research underpins all of its tech & industrial advances.

New piece from our team Federation of American Scientists🔬 reflecting on the perils of relying on pollution regs to drive an energy transition and lessons to be drawn. Recommended: fas.org/publication/fe…

"Regardless of how the Iran situation turns out, the appeal of nuclear weapons is growing elsewhere." What’s making some countries daydream about nukes again? Jon B. Wolfsthal, Hans Kristensen (also on Bluesky) and Matt Korda of Federation of American Scientists🔬 explore that question and more: wapo.st/4k3rgJX

New this week: A collection of R&D reform ideas designed to improve efficiency and generate more breakthrough science. Some gems in here: fas.org/accelerator/go…