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Watch now—Media accountability in a world of disinformation

By Halley Posner | Disruptive Technologies, Multimedia

A screenshot of the Petya ransomware.

How to protect critical infrastructure from ransomware attacks

By Sejal Jhawer, Gregory Falco | Cyber Security

This picture, taken on November 27, 2018, shows biologist and summit chair David Baltimore (center right) of the California Institute of Technology speaking at a press conference during the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong. (Getty Images/AFP)

Caltech’s David Baltimore discusses the debate over origins of SARS-CoV-2

By Lori Dajose | Biosecurity

Essential reading on lab leaks and gain-of-function research

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

A COVID-19 test.

We’ve analyzed thousands of COVID-19 misinformation narratives. Here are six regional takeaways

By Isra Thange, Samikshya Siwakoti, Jacob N. Shapiro | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

Watch now—The origin of COVID: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box at Wuhan?

By Halley Posner | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies, Multimedia

Cheers! A doomsday drinking guide

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

A biosafety level 4 lab.

How to make biomedical research (and biosafety labs) less dangerous and more ethical, post-COVID-19

By Laura H. Kahn | Biosecurity

A sign tells Flint, Mich. residents that boiling water doesn't remove lead in Februaary 2016 Months earlier, the city told citizens they could use tap water if they boiled it first. (Photo by Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

EPA should protect America’s children by further revisions of the Lead and Copper Rule

By Shashank Agarwal, Kaylee McCormack, Susan Solomon | Special Topics, Technology and Security

Scared straight: How prophets of doom might save the world

By Phil Torres | Disruptive Technologies

Drones add little to rocket-filled Israel-Palestine skies, but represent growing global threat

By Thomas Gaulkin | Disruptive Technologies, Technology and Security

The May issue is out: How to fight internet misinformation and disinformation

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