Biological Weapons

Lynne Peeples

Bioterror Death Germs Thrive In Labs, Nature, As U.S. Funding Withers

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 02.10.2012

Part of a series investigating the complex links between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. In early October 2001, just da...

Bird Flu Blues

Jonathan D. Moreno | Posted 02.20.2012

Jonathan D. Moreno

Some of the hardest questions in the process of scientific discovery aren't about science, but philosophy. A good illustration of this is the unanimous recommendation by the NSABB that two leading journals not publish certain details about "bird flu."

Dangerous Acquaintances

Edward J. Sylvester | Posted 01.27.2012

Edward J. Sylvester

The Obama administration has been moving in the right direction in improving research funding for emerging pandemic viruses such as H5N1, but much needs to be done to assure that efforts to prevent the next lethal outbreak don't inadvertently lead to it.

Egypt's Nuclear Dimension

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.25.2011

Joe Cirincione

As a free Egypt transforms itself, analysts are nervously watching for signs of new nuclear ambitions. Why has Egypt never come clean about the full scope of its nuclear activities and experimentation?

WikiLeaks Cables Say U.S. Fears Theft Of Bioweapons From India

AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW DELHI — U.S. officials fear lax security at Indian laboratories could make the facilities targets for terrorists seeking biological weapons to l...

Researchers Develop Material To Minimize Effects Of Chemical, Biological Weapons

The Pitt News | Posted 05.25.2011

Pitt researchers have created a material that can neutralize some effects of chemical and biological weapons. Researchers created the material out ...

Smallpox in the Garage

Stewart Abercrombie Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Stewart Abercrombie Baker

There are countless ways technology might enable attacks against us -- as shocking and unexpected at 9/11 had been. Some of those are so likely and so devastating that they haunt me still.

The Crazies: Not Crazy Enough

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Jackie K. Cooper

The film is fairly dumb and not scary enough by a long shot -- the only thing that makes it slightly watchable is the acting.

Why China is Scarier Than Al Queda

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael B. Laskoff

Many people's nightmares are taken up entirely with dark, terrorist fantasies. As understandable as this may be, it's also irrational. Terrorism will ...

Obama To Appoint New Official To Fight WMD Terrorism

The Boston Globe | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama plans to appoint a new White House official to coordinate efforts to prevent terrorists from obtaining nucle...