Matt Field
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (@BulletinAtomic). @mattyfield.bsky.social. [email protected]. mattfield.34 on signal.
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Joined August 2011
A peace summit with #Trump, #Pritzker, and #Newsom? One expert's idea about how to quell political violence. #CharlieKirk #TylerRobinson
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In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, University of Chicago Professor Robert Pape has an idea for stopping political violence from spiking in the United States: a peace summit, of sorts,...
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I talked with political violence expert Robert Pape about how to stop violence from escalating. He told me about one (probably deceptively) simple solution. @BulletinAtomic
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In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, University of Chicago Professor Robert Pape has an idea for stopping political violence from spiking in the United States: a peace summit, of sorts,...
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My take on the bad takes on Charlie Kirk's death. @BulletinAtomic
https://t.co/UJUYY7bVWC
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The president of the United States did not seem intent on lowering the temperature of US politics following the assassination of right-wing star Charlie Kirk.
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The role of the United States in global affairs is changing dramatically. The September 2025 magazine issue of the Bulletin examines different facets of the NEW, new world order that Donald Trump has wrought in his second presidential term: https://t.co/01N5UrFQIl
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As a Senate staffer Bob Alvarez used his expert knowledge to put government officials on the hot seat over their abominable handling of nuclear waste. He had a long-career as an important thinker/writer on nuclear issues.@BulletinAtomic
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An appreciation of Bob Alvarez, a fearless advocate for those harmed by the US nuclear weapons complex, a former Energy Department official and US Senate staffer, and a longtime Bulletin contributor...
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A lot of focus on how the big, beautiful bill will lead to 12 million fewer people insured. That's bad enough. But how will this bill affect pandemic preparedness? @BulletinAtomic
https://t.co/7Rb2cU8TSN
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The so-called "big, beautiful bill" will lead to millions of fewer people having health coverage in the United States. It will make the country less prepared to detect and respond to a future...
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Elon Musk's quest to colonize Mars could upend international cooperation and the establishment of space as a commons—a risk to Earthlings everywhere. An illustrated essay by @FuSchmu and @ZachWeiner, based on their Hugo Award-winning "A City on Mars." https://t.co/PeJXkWmlzp
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Elon Musk's quest to colonize Mars could upend international cooperation and the establishment of space as a commons—it's a risk to Earthlings everywhere.
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🚨 Just in: Chinese nuclear weapons, 2025. By @nukestrat @mattkorda
@elianajjohns @m_knight7 of @scientistsorg In @BulletinAtomic
https://t.co/XHwmJIzhdf
#China #ballisticmissiles #nucleararsenals #nuclearweapons
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The modernization of China’s nuclear arsenal has both accelerated and expanded in recent years. We estimate that China now possesses approximately 600 nuclear warheads, with more in production to arm...
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Today, the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board sets the #DoomsdayClock at 89 seconds to midnight. "The world depends on immediate action." Read the full statement: https://t.co/PVogFmsMqs
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Find out what time it is in 17 minutes!
The 2025 #DoomsdayClock announcement is today at 10:00am EST / 1500 GMT. Watch the livestream on YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, or our website below. https://t.co/4VPX81sGvJ
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In 2024, the Bulletin covered zombie pathogens emerging from a thawing Arctic, synthetic viruses, the pandemic that crippled ancient Rome, and more. Here are some of last year's best biosecurity stories, selected by @MatthewField2. https://t.co/qIeqODXezU
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In 2024, the Bulletin covered zombie pathogens emerging from a thawing Arctic, synthetic viruses, the pandemic that crippled ancient Rome, and more. Here are some of last year's best biosecurity...
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Ahead of RFK Jr. possibly becoming health secretary, other anti-vaccine activists, at the state level, have already made a lot of progress on their agenda. @BulletinAtomic
https://t.co/nMyKvIR0wb
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As the long-time anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seeks confirmation to be the next US secretary of health, the situation in the states has already become more receptive to anti-vaccine...
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Scientists urge halt to research on creating synthetic "mirror" bacteria that could evade human immunity, disrupt ecosystems. Read the new article from @MatthewField2: https://t.co/G4wkrUNe1q
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Dozens of top scientists are warning that creating synthetic "mirror bacteria," composed of biomolecules that are the mirror opposite of those found in life on Earth, could lead to a health and...
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Organisms that don’t use the normal DNA of life on Earth, but instead "mirror image" DNA can be made. Today 38 top scientists said that investigation into creating such “mirror life” should not be pursued. They "have become deeply concerned.”
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Scientists urge halt to research on creating synthetic “mirror” bacteria that could evade human immunity, disrupt ecosystems
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Dozens of top scientists are warning that creating synthetic "mirror bacteria," composed of biomolecules that are the mirror opposite of those found in life on Earth, could lead to a health and...
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A mystery disease has sickened hundreds and killed dozens in Democratic Republic of Congo, yet it took more than a month for a report to be made to the World Health Organization. Read more in the new article from @MatthewField2. https://t.co/byaYN0AI4E
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A mystery disease has sickened hundreds and killed dozens in Democratic Republic of Congo, yet it took more than a month for a report to be made to the World Health Organization.
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What’s causing the mysterious outbreak in Congo?
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A mystery disease has sickened hundreds and killed dozens in Democratic Republic of Congo, yet it took more than a month for a report to be made to the World Health Organization.
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Faced with devastating famines, the USSR turned to Lysenko whose promises flew in the face of genetic science. Faced with a massive AIDS crisis, South Africa's Mbeki turned to those who denied HIV was a problem. Faced with COVID, H5N1, etc., the US may turn to RFK Jr.
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