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Disruptive Technologies

A COVID-19 test is collected.

Is emergency use authorization the best way to get a COVID-19 vaccine to the public?

By HyunJung Kim | Biosecurity

Sad! A brief history of White House propaganda from Teddy Roosevelt to Donald Trump

By John Maxwell Hamilton, Kevin Kosar | Disruptive Technologies, Opinion

Margarita Simonyan.

Here’s how Russia’s RT spread propaganda in the lead-up to the election

By Benjamin Dubow, Evanna Hu, Jacob N. Shapiro, Ulaş Erdoğdu, Kamya Yadav | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

Trump supporters gather for an indoor campaign event.

How Lara Trump and other presidential surrogates flout pandemic best practices—indoors

By Matt Field | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

multiple images of Trump in style of Andy Warhol silkscreen

Should I stay or should I go? A ‘Chernobyl-like defect’ in our election system might give Trump a choice

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

As election looms, Trump adds to the long story of conspiracy theory in US politics

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

Donald Trump covid-19 coronavirus covid pandemic headlines media

The A1 Verse: Pandemic of words, words, words

By Thomas Gaulkin | Biosecurity, Special Topics

Watch now: The brain-computer interface is coming and we are so not ready for it

By Halley Posner | Disruptive Technologies

The existential threat debate scorecard you’ve been waiting for

By Thomas Gaulkin | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Satire

MQ-9 Reaper.

In the debate over autonomous weapons, it’s time to unlock the “black box” of AI

By Arthur Holland Michel | Artificial Intelligence, Opinion

Vladimir Putin.

How Russia, China, and other governments use coronavirus disinformation to reshape geopolitics

By Isra Thange, Nicola Bariletto, Luca Zanotti, Jacob Rob, Samikshya Siwakoti, Jacob N. Shapiro | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

Kamala Harris mike pence vice-presidential debate 2020 susan page

Here, have this calm and civilized existential threat scorecard for tonight’s vice-presidential debate

By Thomas Gaulkin | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk