Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons

By Sarah Scoles. An investigation into the modern nuclear weapons landscape. Drawing from years of on-the-ground reporting at the nation’s nuclear weapons labs, questions the idea that having nuclear weapons keep us safe, deter attacks and prevent radioactive warfare. Reveals the state of nuclear-weapons technology, as well as how people working within the U.S. nuclear weapons complex have come to think about these bombs and the idea that someone, someday, might use them. Read more.