Iran’s NukesIran Can Produce One Nuclear Weapon in as Little as Three Weeks Published 26 November 2021 The growth of Iran’s stocks of near 20 and 60 percent enriched uranium has dangerously reduced breakout timelines: Iran has enough enriched uranium hexafluoride (UF6) in the form of near 20 and 60 percent enriched uranium to produce

Weaponized VehiclesSUV Tragedy in Wisconsin Shows How Vehicles Can Be Used as a Weapon of Mass Killing – Intentionally or Not By Mia Bloom Published 26 November 2021 Cars, SUVs and trucks can be an efficient means of mass killing, and one that can be virtually impossible to prepare against. Furthermore, it is becoming harder

PolicingWhen Police Forces Grow, Homicides Drop and Low-Level Arrests Increase Published 26 November 2021 Research by criminologists found that an additional 10 to 17 officers prevented one homicide annually, but each extra officer added up to 22 arrests for crimes like drug possession. What happens when a city increases the size of its police force? According to

ImmigrationReport: Economics Drives Migration from Central America to the U.S. By Peter Dizikes Published 26 November 2021 A new survey underscores how material needs lead to movement within the Americas — at a high cost to those trying to relocate. A new report about migration, co-authored by MIT scholars, shows that economic distress is the main

China WatchChinese Force Labor Connections in Global Retail Brands’ Supply Chains Published 26 November 2021 More than 100 global retail brands could be at risk of using cotton that is produced by Uyghur forced labor according to new research. The findings suggest dozens of well-known international brands are at risk of using cotton that is

Family SeparationFamily Separation’s Psychological Trauma in Parents, Children Persists After Reunification: Medical Study Published 26 November 2021 New analysis finds long-lasting psychological harm sustained by survivors of the “zero tolerance” policy. The study finds that forcibly separating parents and children, especially when compounded with pre-migration traumas, produced signs and symptoms of trauma that met the

Supply ChainHow to Fix Global Supply Chains for Good By Roger W. Ferguson Jr. and Upamanyu Lahiri Published 26 November 2021 Truck-driver shortages, “lean” inventories, and an overreliance on China plagued global supply chains long before the pandemic. Permanently addressing these and other issues will help the United States and rest of the world better

VaccinesRussian Anti-Vaccine Disinformation Campaign Backfires By Jamie Dettmer Published 18 November 2021 For more than a year, Russian-aligned troll factories overseeing thousands of social media accounts have been spreading anti-vaccine messages in an aggressive campaign to spread conspiracy theories and cast doubt on Western coronavirus vaccines. But the year-long offensive appears to have backfired. Russian

WarModern Warfare: “Precision” Missiles Will Not Stop Civilian Deaths – Here’s Why By Peter Lee Published 19 November 2021 No degree of missile precision will stop the tragedy of civilian deaths in war. And wars show no sign of ending. Perhaps it is time for a more honest dialogue about the limits of technology and

Cybersecurity EducationPreparing Future Cybersecurity Leaders for Protecting Critical Infrastructure Published 18 November 2021 A network of Virginia universities, in partnership with the Virginia Department of Elections, joined to create an innovative educational program to train future cybersecurity professionals to protect election infrastructure. Faculty in the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science have earned