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COVID-19

Draganfly drone

Can a pandemic drone help stop the spread of COVID-19?

By Dawn Stover | Biosecurity

empty hospital bed

Another victim of the coronavirus pandemic: Cancer research

By Jackie Flynn Mogensen | Analysis, Biosecurity

typhoon as seen from space station

Coronavirus is an SOS: Mend our broken relationship with nature, says UN and WHO

By Damian Carrington | Biosecurity, Climate Change

David Quammen portrait

How it feels to predict a pandemic: Interview with David Quammen, author of Spillover

By Dan Drollette Jr | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Special Topics

Debating US nuclear spending in the age of the coronavirus

By Kingston Reif | Nuclear Weapons

National Guard mobile COVID-19 test site

National Guard: Between protests and pandemics, no room for hurricane season?

By Rebecca Leber | Analysis

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 in yellow.

Did the SARS-CoV-2 virus arise from a bat coronavirus research program in a Chinese laboratory? Very possibly.

By Milton Leitenberg | Biosecurity

A looted Chicago storefront

What the protests tell us: Invest in social equity, not nuclear weapons

By Rachel Bronson | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Technology and Security

offshore windfarm seen from top of wind turbine

What will coronavirus do to renewable energy?

By Beth Gardiner | Biosecurity, Climate Change

Passengers wait for the train with masks on.

Iran’s coronavirus response: A lesson in what not to do

By Vahid Yücesoy | Biosecurity

old woodcut of cowboy lassoing calf

Coronavirus: Accelerating the rise of imitation meat?

By Matt Simon | Analysis, Climate Change

Viral apocalypse

Apocalypse never: what coronavirus teaches us about doomsday denial

By Jamais Cascio | Biosecurity, Science Denial