Disruptive Technologies

How UNSCOM found and destroyed Iraq’s biological weapons

By Filippa Lentzos | Biosecurity

Woods Hole inlet with boats

We knocked the genes out of a zebrafish—and other tales from CRISPR summer school

By Dan Drollette Jr | Disruptive Technologies, Personal Essay, Special Topics, Synthetic biology

A dual-use chlorine plant.

Puzzling out the Iraqi biological weapons program

By David R. Franz | Disruptive Technologies

UN weapons inspectors

Introduction: UNSCOM and the future of WMD verification

By Henrietta Wilson, Filippa Lentzos | Disruptive Technologies

Between two wars

By Rolf Ekéus | Disruptive Technologies

A perspective on UNSCOM culture

By Tim Trevan | Disruptive Technologies

Nurse cares for patient.

The known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns of COVID-19

By W. Ian Lipkin | Disruptive Technologies

Monitoring Iraq’s dual-use capabilities: An interview with Gabriele Kraatz-Wadsack

By Filippa Lentzos | Biosecurity

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao LIjian.

After the lab-leak theory, US-Chinese relations head downhill

By Yanzhong Huang | Disruptive Technologies

A restaurant.

Hot vax summer? Pfizer’s mood-killing, premature booster announcement

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

A woman wearing a

We knew QAnon is anti-Semitic. Now we know it’s racist, too

By Mia Bloom | Disruptive Technologies

A researcher inspects protective gear.

How to make sure the labs researching the most dangerous pathogens are safe and secure

By Joseph Rodgers, Filippa Lentzos, Gregory D. Koblentz, Minh Ly | Biosecurity