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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

It’s time for transparency in the US lethal drone program

By Rachel Stohl | Analysis, Special Topics

The neuroweapons threat

By James Giordano | Analysis, Biosecurity, Special Topics, Technology and Security

Germany’s Energiewende: The intermittency problem remains

By Christine Sturm | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Opinion, Special Topics

How genetic editing became a national security threat

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

The dirty parts of the computing world

By Nathan Ensmenger | Analysis, Special Topics

Biodiversity loss: An existential risk comparable to climate change

By Émile P. Torres | Analysis, Biosecurity, Climate Change, Special Topics

“We might give them a few.” Did the US offer to drop atom bombs at Dien Bien Phu?

By Fredrik Logevall | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

Why the Doomsday Clock matters

By Rachel Bronson | Doomsday Clock, Special Topics

It is still three minutes to midnight

By Science and Security Board | Analysis, Biosecurity, Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics, Technology and Security

Kite power—latest in green technology?

By Dominic Notter | Climate Change, Opinion, Special Topics