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Military force may have delayed Iran’s nuclear ambitions – but history shows that diplomacy is the more effective nonproliferation strategy

Staff Writer - July 3, 2025

Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, describes the U.S. military attack on Iranian nuclear sites, which occurred on June 21, 2025, . AP Photo/Alex Brandon

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What damage did the US do to Iran’s nuclear program? Why it’s so hard to know

An image from Iranian television shows centrifuges lining a hall at Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment facility in 2021. IRIB via APPEAR

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Why the US bombed a bunch of metal tubes − a nuclear engineer explains the importance of centrifuges to Iranian efforts to build nuclear weapons

Iranians celebrate the ceasefire in downtown Tehran, but many blame their own leaders for the escalation. Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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Iran emerged weakened and vulnerable after war with Israel − and that could mean trouble for country’s ethnic minorities

Yellowcake is a concentrated form of mined and processed uranium. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, CC BY

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Uranium enrichment: A chemist explains how the surprisingly common element is processed to power reactors and weapons

President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Richard Garwin at the White House on Nov. 22, 2016. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

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H-bomb creator Richard Garwin was a giant in science, technology and policy

Staff Writer - May 17, 2025

A member of the Indian Border Security Force stands guard near the India-Pakistan border. Narinder Nanu/AFP via Getty Images

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India-Pakistan ceasefire shouldn’t disguise fact that norms have changed in South...

Staff Writer - May 11, 2025

A mosque lies in ruins after an Indian airstrike in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on May 7, 2025. Zubair Abbasi/Middle East Images//AFP via Getty Images

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Missile strikes and drone attacks heighten South Asian crisis – 8...

Staff Writer - May 9, 2025

Mike Waltz speaks with reporters in the press room at the White House on Feb. 20, 2025. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

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National security advisers manage decision-making as advocates or honest brokers

Staff Writer - May 5, 2025

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, center, introduces Russian and Japanese delegates during negotiations at the Portsmouth Peace Conference in Kittery, Maine, in August 1905. Hulton Archive/Getty Images

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When presidents try to make peace: What Trump could learn from...

Staff Writer - May 4, 2025

During the Vietnam War, the U.S. bombed and defoliated vast areas of forest and protective mangroves. AP Photo

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50 years later, Vietnam’s environment still bears the scars of war...

Staff Writer - April 28, 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press conference with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 1, 2025. AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka

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The ‘courage to be’ in uncertain times − how one 20th-century...

Staff Writer - April 9, 2025

A Mulberry Harbour for the 21st century. Image from video posted on Weibo via Chinese state media.

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Chinese barges and Taiwan Strait drills are about global power projection...

Staff Writer - April 3, 2025

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EXPLORING NATURE

Is this visitor to Antarctica going crazy or having a good time? Tim Bieber/Photodisc via Getty Images

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At Antarctica’s midwinter, a look back at the frozen continent’s long...

Staff Writer - June 22, 2025

Daniella McCahey, Texas Tech University As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica – the longest and darkest day of the...

Hurricane Helene caused extensive damage to homes in North Carolina in 2024. AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek

Low-income homeowners hit by disasters may get less help from the...

June 20, 2025

Plants use light to make energy – and a team of scientists is using the same principle to power chemical reactions. fhm/Moment via Getty Images

Light-powered reactions could make the chemical manufacturing industry more energy-efficient

June 19, 2025

The shark in ‘Jaws’ became a terrifying icon. Universal Pictures via Getty Images

50 years after ‘Jaws,’ researchers have retired the man-eater myth and...

June 19, 2025

Being excluded isn’t easy, but it does teach you about other people. Alistair Berg/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Your brain learns from rejection − here’s how it becomes your...

June 9, 2025