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A COVID-19 test.

Think a year of COVID-19 has been tough? Try decades (or longer)

By Matt Field | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

The Wuhan Institute of Virology.

WHO: COVID-19 didn’t leak from a lab. Also WHO: Maybe it did

By Filippa Lentzos | Disruptive Technologies

An An-2.

The next frontier in drone warfare? A Soviet-era crop duster

By Benjamin Fogel, Andro Mathewson | Disruptive Technologies

Putin at RT.

As Trump’s impeachment trial begins, the Russian network that helped him in 2016 taps his supporters on Gab.com

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

A uranium mine.

Radiation illnesses and COVID-19 in the Navajo Nation

By Jayita Sarkar, Caitlin Meyer | Disruptive Technologies

Politics, race, and religion: Pandemic misinformation courses through the Southeast Asian internet

By Jan Oledan, Nicola Bariletto, Saiful Salihudin, Mehulika Sitepu, Jacob N. Shapiro | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

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

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

By Matt Field | 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

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