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Introduction: An innovative and determined future for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

By John Mecklin | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Weapons

A team of Howard University researchers wants to know how disinformation impacts Black people

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

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We need a new international accord to control drone proliferation

By Agnes Callamard, James Rogers | Disruptive Technologies, Opinion

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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

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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

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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

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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