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Stepnogorsk biologial weapons plant.

Amid false Russian allegations of US “biolabs” in Ukraine, it’s worth asking: What is a bioweapon?

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

Wildfires break out in Chernobyl amid a non-functioning radiation-monitoring system

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

The Russian attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Could an attack on Ukrainian nuclear facilities cause a disaster greater than Chernobyl? Possibly, simulations show.

By Jungmin Kang, Eva Lisowski | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

VIDEO: Which war crimes might Russians have committed in Ukraine?

By Thomas Gaulkin | Special Topics

Volodymyr Zelenskyy paid a visit to the wounded defenders of Ukraine undergoing treatment at a military hospital. Credit: Україна. Accessed via Wikipedia. Public domain mark 1.0.

Here’s what Western leaders need to remember about Zelensky’s emotional appeals

By Roger Petersen | Nuclear Risk, Opinion

Sharon Squassoni

Rethinking the unthinkable: Ukraine reveals the need for nuclear disarmament

By Sharon Squassoni | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Mastermind or madman? Putin shows why the world needs new nuclear agreements

By Daniel Holz | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Responding to a Russian demonstration of nuclear muscle-flexing

By Herbert Lin | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

The A1 Verse: Our world in stupor lies

By Thomas Gaulkin | Special Topics

Tacit rules to avoid a NATO-Russia war

By Steven Pifer | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

How to avoid nuclear catastrophe—and a costly new arms race

By Daryl G. Kimball | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Russian ambassador to the United Nations.

Russia amplifies bioweapons claims at the United Nations Security Council

By Matt Field | Biosecurity