Special Topics

May 2025 cover of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, featuring an illustration of the Earth wearing a surgical mask above the headline 'How to Stop the Next Pandemic'.

May issue: How to stop the next pandemic

By Dan Drollette Jr | Special Topics

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Amplifying doubt: How Russian trolls leveraged pandemic uncertainty for strategic gain

By Maksim Markelov | Special Topics

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The future of global health, without the United States

By Scott L. Greer, Rachel Kulikoff | Special Topics

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Interview: The ‘holy grail’ of pandemic preparedness—the search for a universal vaccine

By Matt Field | Special Topics

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Pandemics, public health, and popular support: What history can tell us

By J. Alexander Navarro | Special Topics

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Pandemic risks: Are there some genetic experiments that simply should not be done?

By Filippa Lentzos | Special Topics

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Sonia Shah on pandemics and pushback: Lessons from the COVID experience

By Dan Drollette Jr | Special Topics

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How AI can slow the rise of antibiotic-resistant “superbugs”

By Cesar de la Fuente-Nunez, Henry Skinner, Christina Yen | Special Topics

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The impact of DOGE’s funding cuts on biomedical research, from the point of view of former NIH director Monica Bertagnolli

By Dan Drollette Jr | Special Topics

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Introduction: How to stop the next pandemic

By Dan Drollette Jr | Special Topics

Eliminating US science advisory committees will harm the public and open the door to special interests

By Melissa Finucane | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Science Denial, Special Topics

A letter to the president: Revoking visas of international students makes America smaller, not stronger

By Misho Ceko | Opinion, Special Topics