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December 16, 2025

The Exploding Scope of the Military-Industrial Complex

Members of both major political parties have begun to question ballooning defense expenditures, which have almost tripled since the 1990s.

Sean Manning
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

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December 16, 2025

The Generations of Public Service We Lost in 2025

UCS Science Network

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December 15, 2025

Disinformation Undermines Our Right to Science

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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Melissa Kaplan

Senior Manager of Government Affairs

Sean Manning

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

Kristie Ellickson

Senior Scientist

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December 12, 2012

North Korea Successfully Launches a Satellite

David Wright
Former Contributor

December 11, 2012

Fission Stories #121: Palisades Reprises Davis-Besse

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

December 10, 2012

North Korea’s April Launch Failure: New Information

David Wright
Former Contributor

December 8, 2012

Is Xi Jinping Changing Chinese Nuclear Weapons Policy?

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

December 7, 2012

Claims about China’s Space Plane Unconvincing

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

December 7, 2012

North Korea’s Launch Trajectory in Google Earth

David Wright
Former Contributor

December 7, 2012

Fixing an Obama Administration Mistake on Emergency Contraception and Science

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

December 6, 2012

A Crucial Benchmark for Climate Action is at Risk. Why it Matters Now More than Ever.

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

December 6, 2012

President Obama: Keep Your Promise to Our Children, Commit to Making the Half the Oil Plan a Reality

David Friedman
Former contributor

December 5, 2012

TVA: Sounding Better Than Ever

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

December 4, 2012

Fission Stories #120: Does Operating a Reactor Make Workers Dumber?

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

December 4, 2012

California’s First Carbon Auction Generates Nearly $300 Million in Revenues

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

December 4, 2012

North Korea Gives Location of Splashdown Zones, Begins Assembling Rocket

David Wright
Former Contributor

December 3, 2012

Good News for Solar Prices

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

December 3, 2012

Staff of Life Decoded: Tasty News for Bread Lovers, Food Security, and Climate Change Adaptation

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

December 3, 2012

Scientists Reach Agreement on Emissions from Tropical Deforestation

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

December 1, 2012

Can We Avoid Running out of Oil and Minimize Its Impact on Our Environment?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

November 30, 2012

LA Auto Show: Showing the Way to Doubling Fuel Economy

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

November 30, 2012

The Ultimate in Place-Based Eating

Margaret Mellon
Former contributor

November 30, 2012

“Sustainable” Palm Oil Should Not Drive Deforestation

Calen May-Tobin
Former contributor

November 29, 2012

Ice Found on Mercury…But Sadly, No Life

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

November 29, 2012

X-37B Space Plane: Still in Search of a Mission

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

November 28, 2012

China’s New Leaders May Surprise Obama

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

November 28, 2012

Offshore Wind Advances: NSTAR-Cape Wind Deal Approved

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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