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Kim Jong-un

North Korea claims to have defeated COVID. Experts wonder what’s really going on

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

A photo of mist coming from Aum Shinrikyo's headquarters in June 1993.

Why COVID probably hasn’t helped bioterrorists, despite fears

By Gary A. Ackerman, Zachary Kallenborn, Philipp C. Bleek | Biosecurity

Pigs.

Frankenswine? No, but research on “zombie pigs” raises life-or-death ethics questions

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

A monkeypox protest

Is the US slow-walking toward a monkeypox disaster?

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

US Capitol.

If 167 hearings didn’t prepare Congress for the COVID pandemic, what will?

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

President Biden holds a meeting.

Everyman Joe Biden catches COVID, just like everybody else

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Representatives to the Biological Weapons Convention meet.

As bioweapons negotiators prepare to meet amid a pandemic and torrents of disinformation, can they accomplish anything?

By Yong-Bee Lim | Biosecurity

Why policy makers should beware claims of new ‘arms races’

By Haydn Belfield, Christian Ruhl | Artificial Intelligence, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

cover image for July 2022 magazine issue on blockchain and cryptocurrency with image of giant bitcoin melting on to the planet Earth

July issue: What to do about blockchain and cryptocurrency now

By Dan Drollette Jr | Technology and Security

A US history of not conducting cyber attacks

By Max Smeets | Cyber Security, Technology and Security

How bitcoin makes burning fossil fuels more profitable than ever

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies

bitcoin surrounded by static on blue background

Introduction: The unintended—and undermanaged—consequences of blockchain and cryptocurrency

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies