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John Mecklin

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Editor in Chief @BulletinAtomic. Ex-Miller-Mccune/PacifStandard, High Country News, SF Weekly. Email: [email protected] Tips: Signal to meckdevil.11

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Fighting a pandemic is hard. Doing it without losing public trust is even harder. The Bulletin's May magazine issue is devoted to lessons learned from COVID-19—and how to stop or constrain the next pandemic. Explore the new edition: thebulletin.org/magazine/2025-…

Fighting a pandemic is hard. Doing it without losing public trust is even harder.

The Bulletin's May magazine issue is devoted to lessons learned from COVID-19—and how to stop or constrain the next pandemic.

Explore the new edition: thebulletin.org/magazine/2025-…
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Many great breakthroughs in medicine have their roots in work done at the 138-year-old National Institutes of Health. Now, it’s facing budget cuts of 35%. Former NIH director Monica Bertagnolli explains what the cuts mean, for science and the public. thebulletin.org/premium/2025-0…

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Joe is fed up with the missile defense scam. So am I. The 15-minute interview: Joe Cirincione on Golden Dome and the long-running US missile defense debacle thebulletin.org/2025/05/the-15…

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Boondoggle in the making: Joe Cirincione on Golden Dome and the long-running US missile defense debacle thebulletin.org/2025/05/the-15…

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“Missile defense is an old idea that has been proven not to work, and it’s not for lack of effort,” says Council board member Joe Cirincione in conversation with John Mecklin. thebulletin.org/2025/05/the-15…

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Read an excerpt about government use of AI from Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna’s new book, The AI Con thebulletin.org/2025/05/govern…

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This is important. You should read it, especially if you're a US or Iranian nuclear negotiator: A nuclear consortium in the Persian Gulf as a basis for a new nuclear deal between the United States and Iran thebulletin.org/2025/06/a-nucl…

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Global peace and sustainability require a comprehensive approach to ensure one does not come at the expense of the other. thebulletin.org/2025/06/give-p…

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Israel's military operation against Iran dramatically escalated on Saturday and seemed to pursue a broader objective: regime change. thebulletin.org/2025/06/israel…

Israel's military operation against Iran dramatically escalated on Saturday and seemed to pursue a broader objective: regime change.

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As much as I know about the US attacks right now. More to come: United States attacks Iranian nuclear facilities, raising the possibility of Iranian retaliation, sprint for nuclear weapons thebulletin.org/2025/06/united…

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The United States bombed three Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday, an intervention that came just days after President Donald Trump suggested he would wait two weeks before deciding whether to take military action. Read more from John Mecklin below. thebulletin.org/2025/06/united…

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Now here's something you don't see every day: Iran provides warning before attack on US base in Qatar. No Americans killed; Trump announces ceasefire thebulletin.org/2025/06/united…

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🚨 Just in: Nuclear proliferation expert Ian Stewart talks to Bulletin EIC John Mecklin about what may be next with Iran's nuclear program. In Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists thebulletin.org/2025/06/the-15… #Iran #nuclearweapons #proliferation

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The barn door is open. Iran has cleared the entrance to one of the tunnels at Isfahan, which Zachary Cohen reports was too deep to strike with MOPs. If Iran's stockpile of HEU was ever "buried" there, it isn't now.

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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists short fiction contest is a real opportunity for storytellers in all genres. So glad Kim Stanley Robinson agreed to help out as judge. thebulletin.org/write-before-m…

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"Fewer clinics, unhealthier people, less warning: The 'big, beautiful bill' will make the US less prepared for pandemics," by Arush Lal. ⬇️ thebulletin.org/2025/07/fewer-…

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Hours before the keynote speaker at an AI conference was o take the stage, she was asked by organizers to remove some of her slides. thebulletin.org/2025/07/ai-for… Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists