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Bats.

From Chicago to Uganda, scientists track the wildlife diseases that could infect humans—or spark the next pandemic

By Carlyn Kranking | Disruptive Technologies

image of Trump overlaid with coronavirus photo

A contact-tracing nightmare: When did the president catch the coronavirus, and who might he have given it to?

By Dan Drollette Jr | Biosecurity, Special Topics

What can a pandemic teach us about nuclear threats?

By Ted Lieu | Biosecurity, Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Nuclear Weapons, Uncategorized

The A1 Verse: Tragedy from Texas to Transylvania

By Thomas Gaulkin | Biosecurity

COVID closeup, color enhanced

What it means when COVID-19 antibodies fade

By Jackie Flynn Mogensen | Biosecurity, Special Topics

The A1 Verse: the pandemic that ate the economy

By Thomas Gaulkin | Biosecurity

empty hospital bed

Another victim of the coronavirus pandemic: Cancer research

By Jackie Flynn Mogensen | Analysis, Biosecurity

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

closeup of coronavirus through microscope

Let evidence, not talk radio, determine whether the outbreak started in a lab

By Ali Nouri | Biosecurity, Opinion

Masked policemen are seen on the grounds of the Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) in Karlsruhe, southern Germany, after five Tajiks suspected to be members of an IS terror cell were arrested. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/AFP via Getty Images.)

How to keep nuclear power plants operating safely during the coronavirus pandemic

By William Tobey, Simon Saradzhyan, Nickolas Roth | Cyber Security, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The world teetering on a cliff

COVID-19 and the Doomsday Clock: Observations on managing global risk

By Science and Security Board | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Doomsday Clock, Nuclear Risk

Fukushima accident town nearby

Another victim of the pandemic: trust in the government

By Allison Macfarlane | Analysis, Biosecurity, Nuclear Risk