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Will the UN sanction Syria over chemical weapons?

By Andrew Ivers | Biosecurity, Special Topics, What We’re Reading

US Navy and Marines lead the charge … to renewables

By Dan Drollette Jr | Special Topics, What We’re Reading

Gene drives: The good, the bad, and the hype

By Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley, | Analysis, Biosecurity, Special Topics, Technology and Security

When neuroscience leads to neuroweapons

By Perry World House | Biosecurity, Opinion, Special Topics

‘We’d have to finish one new facility every working day for the next 70 years’—Why carbon capture is no panacea

By Andy Skuce | Analysis, Climate Change, Special Topics

National Security for Dummies is no way to learn the presidency

By Dan Drollette Jr | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics, Technology and Security, What We’re Reading

The cyber nuclear option that might already be in place

By Andrew Ivers | Special Topics, Technology and Security, What We’re Reading

Sunita Narain: Portrait of an activist

By Sanjay Kumar | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Opinion, Special Topics

Werner Herzog takes on the Internet

By Andrew Ivers | Special Topics, Technology and Security, What We’re Reading

American science and the rise of Donald Trump

By Andrew Ivers | Special Topics, What We’re Reading

Can the bioweapons convention survive Crispr?

By Daniel M. Gerstein | Analysis, Biosecurity, Special Topics, Technology and Security

China ignores international tribunal—as expected

By John Mecklin | Special Topics, What We’re Reading