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Daily Archives: 15. Juni 2025
Daniel Neun and Radio Utopie
Technically speaking, I‘m an alien. I don‘t live on this planet, let alone Germany. I live in Berlin. Now you say „Take care of your own planet!“. Love to, but as long as the ion drive isn‘t common available that‘s not an option.
A nuclear consortium in the Persian Gulf as a basis for a new nuclear deal between the United States and Iran
(June 2, 2025)
Concerns about uranium-enrichment and related potential nuclear-weapons ambitions of both Iran and Saudi Arabia could be dealt with by a regional nuclear consortium within which enrichment-related activities would be spread across and shared among states, rather than be national nuclear programs.
We sketch here a possible regional multinational nuclear consortium whose initial core partners are Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Saudi FM receives German counterpart in Riyadh
(June 14, 2025)
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan received his German counterpart Johann Wadephul in Riyadh on Saturday.
The Nuclear Kingdom: Assessing Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear Behavior
(December 17, 2024)
Saudi Arabia has the characteristics of a nuclear hedger: a state that lays the groundwork for the active pursuit of nuclear weapons. Saudi Arabia has stated the conditions under which it would pursue nuclear weapons. It already possesses dual-capable delivery systems and seeks reactors to produce weapons-grade uranium. Its inability to enrich nuclear material alone prevents Saudi Arabia from gaining nuclear latency that it can rapidly convert into nuclear weapons. Saudi Arabia is best categorized as an insurance hedger that seeks to reduce the time needed to build a bomb. Regardless of the categorization of Saudi Arabia’s hedging, its interest in nuclear weapons has entered a new, acute stage.
Saudi Push for Enrichment Raises Concerns
(November 2023)
The Wall Street Journal reported in September that Netanyahu directed Israeli officials to work with the United States on an agreement that includes Saudi enrichment, but such a deal still would face criticism in Israel. (…)
Given Saudi Arabia’s public threats to develop nuclear weapons, it may be challenging for the Biden administration to gain support for any agreement that allows uranium enrichment, particularly if the kingdom does not have an additional protocol to its comprehensive safeguards agreement in place. Additional protocols to safeguards agreements were developed in the 1990s when it became clear from the cases of Iraq and North Korea that a comprehensive safeguard agreement alone was insufficient to prevent proliferation. An additional protocol gives the IAEA more access and information about a country’s nuclear activities.
What a U.S.-Saudi Nuclear “Pathway” Might Mean for the Iran Talks
(April 16, 2025)
Apparently concerned about the potential risk of Saudi nuclear proliferation, Wright also stated, “There will definitely be a 123 agreement.” This was a reference to the eponymous section of the 1954 U.S. Atomic Energy Act, which mandates that formal proliferation safeguards must be put in place before American agencies or companies can help a country start up a civil nuclear industry. The “gold standard” version of a 123 agreement explicitly prohibits enriching or reprocessing nuclear material—a limitation that only the United Arab Emirates and Taiwan have accepted in the past. Countries must instead agree to import reactor fuel rather than producing it themselves, and allow international inspections as well.
Evolution: Das ist der Grund, wieso die Gehirne der Menschen schrumpfen
(16.11.2021)
Dass unser Gehirn langsam etwas an Masse verloren hat, ist jedoch nicht ganz so lange her: Erst vor rund 3.000 Jahren begann es zu schrumpfen.
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Die Art und Weise, wie sich Individuen in einem Ameisenstaat organisieren, ähnelt unseren modernen Gesellschaftsstrukturen. Die Insekten haben, verglichen mit ihrer Körpergröße, ein Mini-Gehirn. Es ist etwa eine Million Mal kleiner als das eines Menschen – sie können aber Großes leisten. Das Prinzip dahinter ist eine Art kollektive Intelligenz. Nicht jeder muss alles können oder wissen, es gibt eine klare Aufgabenteilung.
When and Why Did Human Brains Decrease in Size? A New Change-Point Analysis and Insights From Brain Evolution in Ants
(22 October 2021)
But we also find that human brain size reduction was surprisingly recent, occurring in the last 3,000 years. Our dating does not support hypotheses concerning brain size reduction as a by-product of body size reduction, a result of a shift to an agricultural diet, or a consequence of self-domestication. We suggest our analysis supports the hypothesis that the recent decrease in brain size may instead result from the externalization of knowledge and advantages of group-level decision-making due in part to the advent of social systems of distributed cognition and the storage and sharing of information. Humans live in social groups in which multiple brains contribute to the emergence of collective intelligence. Although difficult to study in the deep history of Homo, the impacts of group size, social organization, collective intelligence and other potential selective forces on brain evolution can be elucidated using ants as models.
Iran says ready to end attacks if Israel stops assault
Speaking to foreign ambassadors in Tehran, Araghchi emphasized that the war was “imposed” on Tehran and that Iran was left with no choice but to respond.
“Our defense is fully legitimate and will be carried out with strength, solely in response to aggression,” he said.
“If the attacks cease, Iran’s retaliatory actions will also end.”
World reacts to Israeli attack on Iran over nuclear activity
(June 13, 2025)
Following is global reaction:
Forschungsreaktor darf mit hochangereichertem Uran weiterlaufen
(Juni 2024)
Der Forschungsreaktor war im Jahr 2004 als eine der wichtigsten
Neutronenquellen Europas für Forschung, Medizin und Industrie in
Betrieb gegangen. Der Betrieb mit bis zu 93 Prozent angereichertem
Uran war bis Ende 2010 genehmigt, dann sollte auf maximal 50 Prozent
umgestellt werden. Mangels dieses Brennstoffs wurde der Betrieb bis
jetzt aber von den Behörden weiter genehmigt.
«Es geht hier um extrem wichtige Forschungsinfrastruktur für Bayern,
Deutschland und Europa», betonte Minister Blume. Die in Garching
gewonnene kerntechnische Expertise sei beispielsweise entscheidend
für medizinischen Fortschritt.
Reaktor Garching darf mit hochangereichertem Uran weiterlaufen
(Juni 21, 2024)
Im Garchinger Forschungsreaktor werden normalerweise wissenschaftliche Experimente – etwa im Bereich Quantentechnologie oder Archäologie – durchgeführt. Daneben produzieren Kunden aus der Industrie zum Beispiel Radioisotope und Radiopharmaka für die Krebsdiagnostik und -behandlung. Die TUM verweist aber etwa auch darauf, dass Forschende des späteren Corona-Impfstoffherstellers „Biontech“ in der Garchinger Neutronenquelle mRNA-Partikel untersucht hätten.
Iran reaffirms commitment to peaceful nuclear development despite attacks
In a post on its official account on the social platform X, the AEOI declared: „Iran stands firm… Relying on the determination of our nuclear scientists, we will continue the path of developing peaceful nuclear technology with strength and resolve. The cowardly attacks by enemies are no match for the will of this nation.“
Third F-35 fighter jet downed in Iranian territory, two Israeli pilots now in custody
A statement by the Army added that the pilot was captured after ejecting over western Iran.
With this latest downing, Iran has neutralized three F-35 fighter jets since Israel began its aggression on Friday. Of the two others, one pilot is believed liquidated, and another too captured by Iranian forces.
Netanyahu calls on Iranian citizens to seize ‚opportunity‘ for regime change
(June 14, 2025)
The regime’s standing not only with the international community, amid its vast support of state-sponsored terrorism, which has impacted neighboring nations from Syria and Yemen to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, coupled with years of internal unrest, could mean regime change is on the horizon.
„We are in the midst of one of the greatest military operations in history,“ Netanyahu said Friday. „The Islamic regime, which has oppressed you for almost 50 years, threatens to destroy our country.“
Israel‘s attacks on Iran hint at a bigger ambition: regime change
(June 14, 2025)
In a video address hours after Israeli fighter jets began striking Iranian nuclear facilities and air defence systems, Israel‘s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, appealed to the Iranian people directly.
„The Islamic regime, which has oppressed you for almost 50 years, threatens to destroy our country, the State of Israel,“ Netanyahu said.
Israel‘s objective was to remove the nuclear and ballistic missile threat, he said, but added: „As we achieve our objective, we are also clearing the path for you to achieve your freedom.
Israel and Iran trade strikes for a third day as nuclear talks are called off
Israel unleashed airstrikes across Iran for a third day on Sunday and threatened even greater force as some Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defenses to strike buildings in the heart of the country. Planned talks on Iran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, which could provide an off-ramp, were canceled.
Iran cancels US nuclear talks next round amid ‘barbarous’ Israeli attacks
Tehran’s FM Abbas Araghchi confirms to Al Jazeera that the next round of talks in Oman on Sunday will not go ahead.
Gaza death toll soars to 55,297 since Israeli invasion: health ministry
According to the latest figures by the health ministry in Gaza, the number of people killed in Israeli attacks since the start of the onslaught is at least 55,297, with 128,426 others wounded.