The Comision Nacional de Seguridad Nuclear y Salvaguardias (CNSNS), the Mexican nuclear regulator, has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about the theft of a radiography camera containing an Iridium-192 radioactive source.

The crowdsourced encyclopedia is a welcome oddity on the modern internet

Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial is set to begin in the Senate this week, and while it will likely end in the former president’s acquittal, it will also be a revealing inflection point for the Republican Party. Most Republican Senators have already signaled their willingness to acquit Trump—all but five signaled in a vote last […]

In the heat of the 2020 Democratic primary a year ago, Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders represented starkly different visions for their party. When Biden finished a dismal fifth in the New Hampshire primary and Sanders soared to victory, many moderate Democrats were fearful that Sanders would run away with the nomination, and […]

I’ve already shared some politician humor and some socialism humor in 2021, so it’s time to complete the trifecta with a new edition of communism humor. We’ll start with some gallows humor about the link between communism and famine. As far as I can tell, the fad of millennials eating Tide pods has gone away, […]

President Joe Biden started out his speech laying a new vision for America’s place in the world with a dad joke — or, rather, a granddad joke. He compared his own advanced age to that of Benjamin Franklin, the father of U.S. foreign policy, and namesake of the grand hall where the 78-year-old President was […]

Government has sought to play down impact of non-tariff barriers following UK-EU trade deal

Hundreds of students and professionals from around the world will receive education and training in various nuclear fields thanks to an agreement the IAEA and France’s School for Energy and Health Technology (INSTN) signed this week.

The Wyoming Republican Party on Saturday voted to censure Rep. Liz Cheney for her vote to impeach former President Donald Trump, the latest blowback the member of House leadership has faced from within her own party. Just eight of 74 members of the Wyoming central committee opposed the censure move, which didn’t go to a […]

Imagine a prohibitionist. The image that jumps to mind is probably of a well-to-do, conservative, white, Victorian-era prude—pinky raised, sipping tea—browbeating Americans with Bibles about what thou shall and shan’t drink. Look at Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s Prohibition documentary miniseries: All of the characters are white. All of the experts and interviewed consultants are […]

A sorry tale of killings, kidnappings and technologically enhanced intimidation

The pandemic has left them fighting for their survival