VERTIC is recruiting! We are looking for a Senior Project Officer to support our Verification and Monitoring programme. vertic.org/employment-opport…

🚨⚛We are now accepting proposals for presentations at the @UKPONI 2024 Annual Conference which will be held in person at RUSI’s headquarters in London on 10 September. Visit our website to find out more about how you can join us! rusi.org/news-and-comment/ru…

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Ten months ago, we launched the Vesuvius Challenge to solve the ancient problem of the Herculaneum Papyri, a library of scrolls that were flash-fried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Today we are overjoyed to announce that our crazy project has succeeded. After 2000 years, we can finally read the scrolls: This image was produced by @Youssef_M_Nader, @LukeFarritor, and @JuliSchillij, who have now won the Vesuvius Challenge Grand Prize of $700,000. Congratulations!! These fifteen columns come from the very end of the first scroll we have been able to read and contain new text from the ancient world that has never been seen before. The author – probably Epicurean philosopher Philodemus – writes here about music, food, and how to enjoy life's pleasures. In the closing section, he throws shade at unnamed ideological adversaries – perhaps the stoics? – who "have nothing to say about pleasure, either in general or in particular." This year, the Vesuvius Challenge continues. The text that we revealed so far represents just 5% of one scroll. In 2024, our goal is to from reading a few passages of text to entire scrolls, and we're announcing a new $100,000 grand prize for the first team that is able to read at least 90% of all four scrolls that we have scanned. The scrolls stored in Naples that remain to be read represent more than 16 megabytes of ancient text. But the villa where the scrolls were found was only partially excavated, and scholars tell us that there may be thousands more scrolls underground. Our hope is that the success of the Vesuvius Challenge catalyzes the excavation of the villa, that the main library is discovered, and that whatever we find there rewrites history and inspires all of us. It's been a great joy to work on this strange and amazing project. Thanks to Brent Seales for laying the foundation for this work over so many years, thanks to the friends and Twitter users whose donations powered our effort, and thanks to the many contestants whose contributions have made the Vesuvius Challenge successful! Read more in our announcement: scrollprize.org/grandprize

The IAEA has stated that the ELWR in North Korea has reached criticality due to the warm water discharge iaea.org/newscenter/pressrel…

Proud to have organized with @vertic_org in the wonderful Rio de Janeiro the 1st LatAm Expert Workshop on Irreversibility in Nuclear Disarmament. Amazing facilitators, great exchange of ideas and a lot of fun, led by @irmaar @gechristopher and @emilianobuis. Thanks to all! 🤗

ELWR could be significant for North Korean Pu production. We've seen a lot of activity here all year and the winter pics are here now

#CTBTO International Data Centre (#IDC) analysis of signals from 2 infrasound #IMS stations detected an event located in southeastern Siberia, Russia on 10 August 2023 at 23:15 UTC.

If you’re in Vienna at #NPT2023 come join our side event tomorrow at 11AM on the P5 Young Professionals Network which will include proposals for the futuere of the P5 process w @AntoineBondaz @jamiekwong @AliceSpilman @KomissarWhipla and other P5 experts reachingcriticalwill.org/dis…

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Elon Musk’s first weekend as Twitter’s owner was a disaster. Sources inside the company say we should expect things to get worse, @dlberes and @cwarzel write: on.theatln.tc/0G1tT9G

#HIRING Interested in conducting research at the intersection of illicit finance and WMD proliferation? We are looking for a Research Analyst to contribute to the work carried out by our Counterproliferation Financing and Sanctions research cluster. More information below.

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Applications for our Assistant Researcher Programme close *3rd Oct*! Read more about the role & how to apply 👇

We're proud and excited that @AlvamyrdalCNTR first annual conference is approaching quickly. Interested in nuclear disarmament? Want to learn about the latest research? Join us in #Uppsala 19-22 Oct! Find out more & registrer: bit.ly/3rMthCc #AlvaMyrdalCentre2022

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#JobOpportunity 🚨 @SIPRIorg is hiring a Research Assistant to join its Armament and Disarmament team, with a focus on the Weapons of Mass Destruction #WMD Programme. 🔵⚪️This also includes assisting with @EU_NonProlif 🇪🇺 Apply by 4 September➡️ cutt.ly/DXADH75

What the world needs is a multilateral verification regime that's credible & that all states have confidence in. It's crucial to build capacities for nuclear disarmament verification across the 🌎 This way we'll be able to build this regime when the opportunity arises. #NPT2022

On 17th August, VERTIC will host a RevCon side event on nuclear disarmament verification. More details here 👇 vertic.org/2022/08/npt-revco…