Following recent reports of a death at a secretive Siberian disease research lab, author Annie Jacobsen has become a sought-after media interview. Some interviewers are now casting Jacobsen's new best...

Abstract: After 9/11, the Bush administration was preoccupied by the possibility of terrorists armed with weapons of mass destruction (WMD), so much so that the United States went to war in Iraq. In f...

Executive Summary: Russian authorities have mounted an unusually large containment operation around the death of an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute while issuing shifting accoun...

The United States is monitoring reports of a suspected case of pneumonic plague in Russia after the death of a 28-year-old laboratory worker in the Siberian region of Irkutsk, as some US political fig...

EXCLUSIVE — Federal agencies sold off used or excess laboratory equipment flagged as high-risk exports that could be used in biological warfare.

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Jonathan Kramer attempted to synthesize poisons to 'wage war' against non-Muslims, posted Hamas propaganda online

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Anthropic describes five cases where scientists in unnamed countries tried to use its Claude software for potentially nefarious work on viruses or toxins

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Investigação revela rivalidade científica, falhas de controle e armazenamento irregular de material biológico em uma das principais universidades do país

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The frozen dart melted on impact, mimicking a fatal cardiac event. Is the deadly tech still in use?

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SBU prevented more than 50 attempts by Russian special services to kill Ukrainian soldiers through online dating

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Current conversations surrounding unconventional weapons — chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear — have become so fantastical as to be

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Ukraine’s security service thwarted an FSB-linked plot to poison soldiers and stage attacks in Kharkiv region, detaining two suspects and seizing explosives and evidence.

AI companies play a cat-and-mouse game, trying to boost the capabilities of their creations while scrambling to block answers to dangerous queries.

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As messing with mirror molecules could threaten all life, scientists must reflect on where to draw the line

Exoskeletons, genetic engineering, and cyborgs are reshaping warfare with enhanced soldiers, cyber risks, and ethics.

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In February 2026, in Kharkiv, two underage girls recruited by Russian intelligence services fatally poisoned a soldier of the National Guard of Ukraine. — Ukrinform.

The Cambridge Programme on AI Science & Policy (CASP) is an interdisciplinary research programme on frontier AI at the University of Cambridge.

None of the measures US officials are considering to protect people from biological research risks would have caught major incidents at two high-level US government laboratories.

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Mumbai Police arrested a man for distributing toxic capsules during a Muharram procession, averting a potential mass tragedy.

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Expert UK scientists working on the most innovative defence technologies will be backed by £580 million of infrastructure funding over the next four years, including to build a new world-leading new l...

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Seven principles from a recent Asilomar conference address how AI will affect nuclear and biological threats.

The Russian bot network Matryoshka has devoted a series of fake videos and posts to the topic of “American biolabs” in Ukraine, AntiBot4Navalny, a project that…

The vial found in Larry Millete’s home allegedly tested positive for coniine, a poisonous compound found in the plant poison hemlock.

Israeli strikes in Operation Roaring Lion targeted Iran’s chemical-weapons program, which experts say draws far less attention than its nuclear work.

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