A Bulletin short fiction contest Announcing the Bulletin‘s new short fiction contest… Over the decades, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has published the smartest minds in the fields it covers, ...

The Schaumburg Township District Library has installed newly restored artwork by renowned Chicago artist Martyl Langsdorf, creator of the 1947 Doomsday Clock. Thanks to a generous family donation ...

XFELs have only been around for about 15 years, so scientists are still learning about them and how to apply them. This study is not the first to “clean up” hard X-ray pulses, but it is the first to ...

Quantum sensing specialist Aquark Technologies has completed a second trial of its AQlock atomic clock system, facilitated by the Disruptive Capabilities and Technologies Office (DCTO) of the UK Royal ...

Posted: June 18, 2025 | Last updated: June 18, 2025 The curious minds at Aperture explain why the Doomsday Clock is inching closer to catastrophe and what that means for humanity.

Scientists looked back in time to find the first signs of human-caused global warming. It’s far earlier than previously thought Print Collector/Hulton Archive/Getty Images via CNN Newsource ...

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Researchers from the Institute for Molecular Science (IMS)/SOKENDAI and Kyushu University have uncovered the molecular mechanism that drives the "ticking" of the circadian clock in cyanobacteria.

A black-and-white photo of a Las Vegas dancer posing in a mushroom-cloud swimsuit became iconic of America's "atomic age," but for decades her identity was unknown. The mystery has finally been ...

He's a retired scientist who spent most of his career working at the nuclear test site north of Las Vegas. He was a founding member of the Atomic Museum in the early 2000s and wanted to get in touch ...

RASCOE: This week, there's a new exhibit opening at the Atomic Museum, all about the photograph that might seem absurd to viewers in 2025. But in the 1950s, it kind of made sense.