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Biden speaks.

Biden should focus on science communication as his administration seeks to tame the pandemic

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, Opinion

Bats.

From Chicago to Uganda, scientists track the wildlife diseases that could infect humans—or spark the next pandemic

By Carlyn Kranking | Disruptive Technologies

An autonomous ship.

How Joe Biden can use confidence-building measures for military uses of AI

By Michael C. Horowitz, Lauren Kahn | Disruptive Technologies

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies before Congress about social media regulation.

Dear President Biden: You should save, not revoke, Section 230

By Eric Goldman | Disruptive Technologies

How can the Biden administration reduce scientific disinformation? Slow the high-pressure pace of scientific publishing

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

A woman receives a physical the DayBreak Community Health Center in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Greg Smith/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

What Joe Biden can do to reduce racial health disparities: A conversation with Juliette Blount

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

A scientist test for COVID-19.

Memo to the president: Reimagining public health preparedness and response

By Daniel M. Gerstein | Disruptive Technologies

Introduction: Advice for a new administration facing difficult times

By John Mecklin | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk

A drive-thru coronavirus testing site.

What a MERS outbreak taught South Korea, why kids draw the coronavirus, and more: The best disruptive tech stories of 2020

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

Nobel chemistry laureate Jennifer Doudna

Interview: Nobel chemistry laureate Jennifer Doudna on the promise and peril of the genetic editing revolution

By John Mecklin | Biosecurity

The placebo paradox: Why a COVID-19 vaccine trial participant might drop out

By Dawn Sinclair Shapiro | Biosecurity

Bioterrorism exercises

2005: The bioterrorist cookbook

By Malcolm Dando | Biosecurity