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The Doomsday Clock & Donald Trump. An Update.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was founded by in 1945 following the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One mission was to urge fellow scientists to help shape national and international policy. A second mission was to help the public understand what the bombings meant for humanity. These scientists anticipated that the atomic bomb would be “only the first of many dangerous presents from the Pandora's Box of modern science….” The Bulletin focuses on three main areas: nuclear risk, climate change, and disruptive technologies. What connects these topics is a…
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