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Tatiana Schlossberg on how weapons testing, government secrecy, and environmental regulation connect to human health and culture.

A recent study has exposed the widespread devastation caused by the US military’s secretive detonation of its first nuclear bomb in New Mexico with radioactive particles reaching as far as Canada and Mexico.

John Durant, who led the development of MIT’s new museum in Kendall Square, will step down as director at the end of 2023.

248 influential figures from 50 countries, including China, Russia, and the US, warn that nuclear arms control cannot fall victim to geopolitical competition

At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 2, 2023, the following tribute to the life and service of the late James Joseph McCarthy was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty.

Exploring the many ways in which journal articles may influence national security policy.

The Harvard University Center for the Environment and the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability invite you for a pre-release film screening of Nuclear Now, followed by a discussion featuring Oliver Stone, Director and Co-Writer; Joshua S. Goldstein, Co-Writer; and Richard Lester, Japan Steel Industry Professor and Associate Provost, MIT. The panel will be moderated by Dan Schrag, Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment, with opening remarks by Steven Pinker, Johnsto...

The Cairo Review of Global Affairs is the quarterly journal of the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) at American University in Cairo.

Whether building robots or helping to lead the National Society of Black Engineers, MIT senior Austen Roberson is thinking about the social implications of his field. “Sometimes, we get caught up in technology for technology’s sake,” he says. “How can we take these same concepts and bring them to people to help in a tangible, physical way?

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