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cover image for July 2022 magazine issue on blockchain and cryptocurrency with image of giant bitcoin melting on to the planet Earth

July issue: What to do about blockchain and cryptocurrency now

By Dan Drollette Jr | Technology and Security

A US history of not conducting cyber attacks

By Max Smeets | Cyber Security, Technology and Security

How bitcoin makes burning fossil fuels more profitable than ever

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies

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Introduction: The unintended—and undermanaged—consequences of blockchain and cryptocurrency

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies

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Stolen billions from errant mouse clicks: Crypto requires new approaches to attack money-laundering

By Aaron Arnold | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

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After the fall: Bitcoin’s true legacy may be Blockchain technology

By Eswar Prasad | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

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Blockchain beyond cryptocurrency: A revolution in information management and international security

By Cindy Vestergaard, Lovely Umayam | Cyber Security, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Weapons

A research lab in Kyiv.

Russia finds another stage for the Ukraine “biolabs” disinformation show

By Filippa Lentzos, Jez Littlewood | Biosecurity

As monkeypox spreads: 5 questions answered

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Exterior of Supreme Court building.

After Roe’s overturn: the abortion surveillance state

By Carrie N. Baker | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Opinion

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg previews the alliance’s upcoming Madrid Summit with POLITICO journalist Lili Bayer. Photo credit: NATO

Weapons of mass destruction: What will be new in the 2022 NATO strategic concept?

By Rose Gottemoeller | Biosecurity, Chemical Weapons, Nuclear Weapons

An illustration by Erik English.

Gain-of-function research can’t deliver pandemic predictions. Are there alternatives?

By Simon Wain-Hobson | Biosecurity