Coronavirus updates: What you need to know about COVID-19

Disruptive Technologies

Passengers wait for the train with masks on.

Iran’s coronavirus response: A lesson in what not to do

By Vahid Yücesoy | Biosecurity

Disinformation posted on social media in various languages.

Students on lockdown create a global guide to coronavirus conspiracy theories, fake cures, and other whopping lies

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

An artistic rendering of an anti-satellite weapon.

As Russia stalks US satellites, a space arms race may be heating up

By Aaron Bateman | Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Technology and Security

Viral apocalypse

Apocalypse never: what coronavirus teaches us about doomsday denial

By Jamais Cascio | Biosecurity, Science Denial

Maryland national guard stockpile

How to reduce both nuclear and pandemic threats after COVID-19

By James E. Doyle | Biosecurity, Nuclear Weapons

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a press conference.

Will the WHO call for an international investigation into the coronavirus’s origins?

By Filippa Lentzos | Biosecurity

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The postponement of the NPT review conference. Antagonisms, conflicts and nuclear risks after the pandemic

By Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs | Biosecurity, Nuclear Weapons, Presentation

Saskia Popescu.

Pandemic dispatch: An infection-prevention expert on shortages, misinformation, and health worker strain on the coronavirus front line

By Saskia Popescu | Disruptive Technologies

National Guard troops work at a COVID-19 testing facility.

When to reopen the economy during the coronavirus pandemic? South Korea’s got a plan and the numbers to back it up

By HyunJung Kim | Biosecurity

One conception of using lasers to power a spacecraft. (Image courtesy Breakthrough Initiatives at: https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/initiative/3)

Reaching for the stars: The case for cooperative governance of directed energy technologies

By Joan Johnson-Freese, Nikola Schmidt | Disruptive Technologies

The climate change evidence right before our eyes. And a note on COVID-19

By John Mecklin | Biosecurity, Climate Change

A scientist works at a biosafety level 4 lab.

Natural spillover or research lab leak? Why a credible investigation is needed to determine the origin of the coronavirus pandemic

By Filippa Lentzos | Biosecurity