biowarfare

Will any lone fanatic soon be capable of bioterrorism?

25 July 2026 9:00 am

Building such weapons still demands resources beyond an amateur, but the margin of safety is fast eroding, warns Annie Jacobsen

Biowarfare

Why doesn’t the CDC care about Chinese biolabs in America?

11 February 2026 11:16 pm

If you rent a cheap Airbnb house in Las Vegas, you might not be altogether surprised to find dead crickets…

The AI apocalypse is the least of our worries

16 August 2025 9:00 am

A host of other catastrophes are far more likely to destroy the planet, including solar storms, super volcanoes, nuclear winter, biowarfare and even asteroid strike