WAR IN UKRAINEAmid Carnage in Ukraine, a Shadow War on the Russian Side of the Border By Mike Eckel Published 29 April 2022 Away from the active battlefronts within Ukraine, though, there’s a less bloody, less prominent front in the two-month-old war, a shadow campaign that has included attacks on military and industrial targets in

ARGUMENT: AI & WMDsArtificial Intelligence and Chemical and Biological Weapons Published 29 April 2022 A recent article in Nature offers a disturbing look at the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the creation of chemical and biological weapons. “Anyone unfamiliar with recent innovations in the use of AI to model new drugs will be unpleasantly

EARTHQUAKESRisk Models Overlook an Important Element Published 29 April 2022 Earthquakes themselves affect the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates, which in turn could impact on future earthquakes, according to new research. This new knowledge should be incorporated in computer models used to gauge earthquake risk, according to the researchers behind the study. Like a gigantic puzzle,

CYBERSECURITYNew Tool in the Fight Against Hackers Published 29 April 2022 A new form of security identification could soon see the light of day and help us protect our data from hackers and cybercriminals. Quantum mathematicians have solved a mathematical riddle that allows for a person’s geographical location to be used as a personal ID

DISASTERSThe Social Impact of Disasters By Samuel Schlaefli Published 29 April 2022 A human geographer and a physicist conduct research into weather and climate risks. Their methods may be different, but they agree that the scale of a disaster is often determined more by societal decisions than by the natural hazard itself.   Christine Eriksen spent 13

EARTHQUAKESRisk Models Overlook an Important Element Published 29 April 2022 Earthquakes themselves affect the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates, which in turn could impact on future earthquakes, according to new research. This new knowledge should be incorporated in computer models used to gauge earthquake risk, according to the researchers behind the study. Like a gigantic puzzle,

CLIMATE CHALLENGESTo Reduce Growing Climate Dangers, the World Needs to Consider Sunlight Reflection By Stewart M. Patrick Published 29 April 2022 Nothing about the present climate crisis or its implications is natural. Perhaps how the world deals with a warming planet shouldn’t be either. For too long, sunlight reflection has been the third rail of climate

DRONESNational Action Plan: The U.S. Domestic Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Published 27 April 2022 Over the last decade, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or “drones”) have become a regular feature of American life. We use them for recreation, for research, and for commerce. But the proliferation of this new technology has also introduced new risks to public safety,

WAR IN UKRAINECan the Russian Military Overcome Its Manpower Problems in Ukraine? By Reid Standish Published 27 April 2022 A new phase of the Ukraine war is shaping up in the eastern part of the country, but succeeding with its new war goals will be no simple task for a Russian military that has lost

CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCEA Peak at the Nation’s Future Cybersecurity Workforce Published 27 April 2022 Hack the Port 22, hosted jointly by USCYBERCOM and the Maryland Innovation and Security Institute, brought together subject matter experts from government, industry, and academia to highlight the nation’s critical infrastructure and cyber defense priorities. There was an unmistakable buzz at Hack the