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Mars Attacks: How Elon Musk’s plans to colonize Mars threaten Earth

By Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith | Disruptive Technologies, Special Topics, Technology and Security

Trump can’t denuclearize North Korea. South Korea’s next leader should pursue risk reduction instead

By Daeyeon Lee | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

Tulsi Gabbard.

Tulsi Gabbard as US intelligence chief would undermine efforts against the spread of chemical and biological weapons

By Gregory D. Koblentz | Biosecurity

Laptop open to Department of the Treasury page with 404 error

Why DOGE’s meddling at Treasury could have catastrophic consequences for the US economy

By Liz Fong-Jones | Disruptive Technologies

Sign with words "AI Action Summit" against a blue sky

Will the Paris artificial intelligence summit set a unified approach to AI governance—or just be another conference?

By Mia Hoffmann, Mina Narayanan, Owen J. Daniels | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

The CDC.

The Trump administration’s health communications “pause” is unique 

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Memo to Trump: Strengthen deterrence with more autonomy for weapons systems

By Jonathan Panter | Disruptive Technologies

Memo to Trump: Develop specific AI guidelines for nuclear command and control

By Johnathan Falcone | Disruptive Technologies

Memo to Trump: Create sensible AI policies that focus on real—not speculative—concerns

By Walter Scheirer | Disruptive Technologies

Memo to Trump: Shape AI’s future by embracing open-source development

By Ozan Ahmet Cetin | Disruptive Technologies

The walls have eyes: How Trump plans to supercharge border security with tech

By Petra Molnar | Disruptive Technologies

Trump rips his mask off.

What Trump might do on vaccines, pandemics, global health, and more 

By | Biosecurity