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A counter-drone system

A counter-drone system

A cascading catastrophe: The drone threat to critical infrastructure

By Zachary Kallenborn | Disruptive Technologies

Disease surveillance in birds.

Disease surveillance in birds.

Creating dangerous viruses in the lab is a bad way to guard against future pandemics

By Laura H. Kahn | Biosecurity

A police officer with a camera.

A police officer with a camera.

It’s time to address facial recognition, the most troubling law enforcement AI tool

By Trenton W. Ford | Artificial Intelligence

What the hell? Newsmax correspondent thinks Satan is in COVID-19 vaccines

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

No battery? That’s no problem for the future Internet of Things

By Christian Elliott | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies

An online pandemic: disinformation targeted at Black communities

By Angela R. Pashayan | Disruptive Technologies

The A1 Verse: Brute force intelligence

By Thomas Gaulkin | Cyber Security, Special Topics

COVID-19 vaccination in Moscow.

COVID-19 vaccination in Moscow.

Many Russians won’t get vaccinated against COVID-19. A dog catcher explains why

By Xenia Cherkaev | Disruptive Technologies

A photo shared on Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny's instagram account shows Alexey Navalny on a hospital bed surrounded by his wife and two children as his treatment continues at Charite Hospital in Berlin, Germany on September 15, 2020. Navalny was poisoned, German doctors from a clinic where he is being treated announced. (Photo by Alexey Navalny Instagram Account /Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

A photo shared on Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny's instagram account shows Alexey Navalny on a hospital bed surrounded by his wife and two children as his treatment continues at Charite Hospital in Berlin, Germany on September 15, 2020. Navalny was poisoned, German doctors from a clinic where he is being treated announced. (Photo by Alexey Navalny Instagram Account /Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The Navalny poisoning: Moscow evades accountability and mocks the Chemical Weapons Convention

By Oliver Meier, Alexander Kelle | Analysis, Biosecurity

A health care worker.

A health care worker.

The origin of COVID-19: Evidence piles up, but the jury’s still out

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

A dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

A dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

Do-it-yourself vaccines in a pandemic: democratized science or home-brewed pipe dream?

By Yong-Bee Lim | Analysis, Biosecurity

Frances Haugen

Whistleblower: Facebook undermines kids and democracy. Will Congress do something?

By Matt Field | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies