'Limited' Tactical Nuclear Weapons Would Be Catastrophic

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March 11, 2022

Defense 'Limited' Tactical Nuclear Weapons Would Be Catastrophic Russia's invasion of Ukraine shows the limits of nuclear deterrence By Nina Tannenwald

Energy Radioactive Material Is Basically Everywhere and That's a Problem The RadSecure program aims to remove dangerous substances from medical facilities and other industries By Sarah Scoles

Space Exploration Russia's War in Ukraine Threatens Joint Missions to Mars, Venus and the Moon Interplanetary voyages are among several space science collaborations delayed or doomed by the ongoing conflict By Leonard David

Animals New Augmented Reality Models Bring Ice Age Animals to Virtual Life Researchers want their models to inspire more accurate reconstructions of extinct animals such as mammoths and saber-toothed cats By Sam Jones

Quantum Physics Does Quantum Mechanics Rule Out Free Will? Superdeterminism, a radical quantum hypothesis, says our "choices" are illusory By John Horgan

Vaccines People Are Getting COVID Shots Despite Hesitation Recent findings blow up assumptions about who chooses to get vaccinated against the disease By Robin Lloyd

Climate Change Biden Orders Report on Climate Risk of Cryptocurrencies Digital tokens are produced using energy-hungry computers, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions By Corbin Hiar,E&E News

Quantum Physics Time Crystals Made of Light Could Soon Escape the Lab A new, more robust approach to creating these bizarre constructs brings them one step closer to practical applications By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Paleontology A Treasure Trove of Dinosaur Bones in Italy Rewrites the Local Prehistoric Record New fossils are changing a decades-old story about the species that roamed the Mediterranean 80 million years ago. By Emily Schwing | 05:51

Particle Physics CERN Suspends Collaborations with Russia Citing the military invasion of Ukraine, the world's leading organization for particle physics research has paused its work with Russia By Tereza Pultarova,SPACE.com

Politics How Coin Flipping Can Make Polls More Accurate With midterms upon us, can we find out what voters are really thinking? By Dennis Shasha

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FROM THE ARCHIVE The Risks of Russian Attacks near Ukraine's Nuclear Power Plants Commercial plants have built-in safety systems but aren't designed with warfare in mind By Andrea Thompson | March 2022

QUOTE OF THE DAY "This war will likely upend the European security order. It also demonstrates how little real protection nuclear weapons provide. The world would be better off without these weapons." Nina Tannenwald, senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Brown University

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