The Japanese conducted brutal biological warfare experiments in World War II; both the U.S. and the Soviet Union stockpiled ...

Technologies developed across multiple disciplines in the biological sciences will have a profound global impact and concurrently have the potential to revolutionize biological warfare by ...

For as deadly as the coronavirus pandemic was, the next one could be more nightmarish. Powerful new artificial-intelligence models, combined with novel lab tools, could soon enable rogue scientists or ...

The suspect in what the FBI called an "attempted assassination" of former President Trump suggested Iran should feel "free to ...

The suspect in an apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump is a staunch supporter of Ukraine who was rejected by ...

For many, Covid is increasingly regarded like the common cold. A scratchy throat and canceled plans bring a bewildering new critique from friends: You shouldn’t have tested. By Emily ...

COVID-19 cases are rising in the U.S. as the KP.3.1.1 and XEC subvariants account for the majority of cases. Meanwhile, the FDA recently approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine by Moderna that ...

Coronavirus rates across the U.S. may finally be slowing down after a summer wave of infections, but some states are still seeing their positive test numbers rise. New data released by the U.S ...

With new vaccine formulas and more free tests becoming available, what should you know if you test positive for COVID this summer? Case numbers appear to be on a slight decline after a mini summer ...

Powerful new models, combined with novel lab tools, could make it much easier to develop killer viruses. The world should ...

Advances in biological research likely will permit development of a new class of advanced biological warfare (ABW) agents engineered to elicit novel effects. In addition, biotechnology will have ...

More specific AI programs trained on biological data, known as biological design tools, are even more powerful. Over time, such programs could speed the development of entirely new pathogens with ...