US Courts: Iran owes terrorism victims
COVID deer | Great Barrier Reef | AstraZeneca’s fall
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Aug. 5, 2021
COVID-19
White-tailed deer are getting coronavirus infections: How big of a problem is that?
A new US study finds many white-tailed deer tested positive for coronavirus, raising the potential of another common animal spawning future outbreaks. Read more.
NUCLEAR RISK
Why the atomic bombing of Hiroshima would be illegal today
Seventy-six years ago this week, the US deployed two atomic bombs in Japan, a move that today would violate three major requirements of the Geneva Conventions’ Additional Protocol I. Yet there is no guarantee that a future US president would follow that law of armed conflict. Read the Bulletin’s premium content.
NUCLEAR RISK
US courts: Iran owes terrorism victims
If negotiators hope to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) they must address the billions of dollars’ worth of civil judgments by US victims of terrorism against Iran. Read more.
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Can rocks save the Great Barrier Reef?
Tons of crushed minerals could help the Great Barrier Reef recover from the effects of global warming. But the proposal could be reckless and comes with “unquantified risks,” experts say. Read more.
SPECIAL TOPICS
How to trash confidence in a COVID-19 vaccine: Brexit edition
Once hailed as a “vaccine for the world,” AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 program has been tarnished by misinformation, Brexit, and broken promises. Read more.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“It’s not often, but it does happen because there are so many shipments of radioactive materials, millions every year, that I suppose it’s inevitable that occasionally one goes missing or is misplaced.”
— Steve Fetter, Bulletin Science and Security Board member,
“Radioactive material missing en route to Michigan, NRC says,” The Detroit News
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