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Biosecurity

The smallpox virus.

Private-sector research could pose a pandemic risk. Here’s what to do about it

By Gerald L. Epstein | Biosecurity

UN Secretary-General: “the Doomsday Clock is a global alarm clock”

By François Diaz-Maurin | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk

A mink

Mink on a Spanish farm caught bird flu. Is the virus adapting to mammals?

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

A biosafety level 4 lab.

Researchers hacked a lab’s pathogen containment system. Was it a good idea to publish the results?

By George Poste, David Gillum | Biosecurity

An illustrated history of the world’s deadliest epidemics, from ancient Rome to Covid-19

By Erik English | Biosecurity, Multimedia

Galveston National Laboratory.

Despite risk-management gaps, countries press ahead with new labs that study deadly pathogens

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

A research lab in Kyiv.

Read the best of 2022 biosecurity coverage in the Bulletin

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Lost without you: The Bulletin’s best maps of 2022

By Erik English | Analysis, Biosecurity, Climate Change, Multimedia

Board of Sponsors member Martin Rees

Martin Rees explains how science might save us

By John Mecklin | Artificial Intelligence, Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies, Technology and Security

See all of the world’s BSL-4 laboratories

By Erik English | Biosecurity

The A1 Haiku: Power’s trips

By Thomas Gaulkin | Biosecurity, Special Topics

How a deliberate pandemic could crush societies and what to do about it

By Kevin Esvelt | Biosecurity