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Watch the latest update on the labs studying the world’s most dangerous pathogens

By Erik English | Biosecurity

Research ship and icebreaker in Arctic ice

The Ukraine war is affecting vital Arctic research

By Ed Struzik | Analysis

Woods Hole inlet with boats

We knocked the genes out of a zebrafish—and other tales from CRISPR summer school

By Dan Drollette Jr | Disruptive Technologies, Personal Essay, Special Topics, Synthetic biology

Great Wall of China, partial silhouette

US-China rivalry: When great power competition endangers global science

By Julien de Troullioud de Lanversin | Analysis, Biosecurity, Special Topics

Another victim of coronavirus: Science

By Kate Yoder | Analysis, Climate Change, Special Topics