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When analysts from the Center for Strategic and International Studies ran a series of war games simulating a Chinese invasion of Taiwan last year, they learned something surprising. The games indicated that the US Air Force, fighting nearly alone after the destruction of much of the US Navy, could almost single-handedly destroy the Chinese invasion force.

As “science keeps marching on,” Pauling has done us a favor by delving into the complex branches that every scientific field has to offer and leaving behind revolutionary findings that the next generation of scientists can now challenge and interpret. Art Request: A drawing of this iconic photo of Pauling teaching back at CalTech

KARL GROSSMAN ,  https://fair.org/home/critics-picked-up-on-oppenheimers-all-too-timely-warning-on-nuclear-war/ 1 Sept 23 The reviews in media of the film Oppenheimer have been largely positive—and perceptive and thoughtful. With a few exceptions, most reviewers “got” the message of the film. Oppenheimer is not a film in the mold of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, the 1964 movie by…

Masterminds in physics, these leading academics didn’t know how to use the powerful tool of a public service announcement in this excerpt from

What we need is more holidays

Oppenheimer shows how used we are, as a society, to nuclear annihilation. Despite what Oppenheimer hoped, war and total destruction are now a part of life.

Moviegoers who watch the closing credits of Oppenheimer may notice a familiar name. Writer and director Christopher Nolan's three-hour biopic about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the...

The story of Robert Oppenheimer and the atom bomb is reminder of how technology needs to be brought in line with society. But social media defies this expectation.

In the six use-of-force crises Israel has faced over five decades, American and Israeli strategic interests were not always the same.

Game changing technologies both advance and threaten mankind and require controls.