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Prof S.M. Amadae, Director of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk

Almost a minute to midnight: Cambridge helps launch open course on nuclear weapons as global tensions rise

05 May 2026

The new Director of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk warns that a new nuclear arms race may be underway, as more countries consider or...

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US Navy nuclear test, Bikini Atoll.

Public awareness of ‘nuclear winter’ too low given current risks, argues expert

14 Feb 2023

Survey study of awareness in UK and US populations also shows that brief exposure to latest data on ‘nuclear winter’ deepens doubts over nuclear...

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