DisinformationNews Manipulation by State Actors Published 15 November 2021 Did authoritarian regimes engage in news manipulation during the pandemic? How can such manipulation be brought to light? New report shows that both Russia and China appear to have employed information manipulation during the COVID-19 pandemic in service to their respective global agendas. COVID-19 offered authoritarian regimes,
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ExtremismResearch Reveals Potential New Way to Fight Radicalization in “True Believers” By Suzanna Burgelman Published 15 November 2021 “True believers” who exhibit extreme behavior are driven by the degree to which their identity is fused with a cause or belief, finds a new study. The results suggest that an effective strategy for deradicalization could be
Gene EditingZombie Apocalypse? How Gene Editing Could Be Used as a Weapon – and What to Do About It By Pin Lean Lau Published 15 November 2021 There is a scarier scenario that a repeat of the COVID-1 pandemic: What if the threat wasn’t COVID-19, but a gene-edited pathogen designed to turn us into zombies
EarthquakesBe Prepared: It Is Impossible to Predict an Earthquake Published 15 November 2021 In earthquake-prone developed countries like Japan and New Zealand, even severe earthquakes cause very few deaths – they are mainly stories of economic loss. Earthquakes without Frontiers (EwF) supported physical and social scientists in eight U.K. universities and institutes working to increase
FloodsGermany: Building Back in Flood-Prone Areas After a Flood By Natalie Muller and Neil King Published 15 November 2021 After deadly flash flooding devastated villages in Germany’s Ahr Valley, many residents are hoping to return. But experts say there needs to be a fundamental change in how we build in areas at risk of floods. Alfred
Gene EditingZombie Apocalypse? How Gene Editing Could Be Used as a Weapon – and What to Do About It By Pin Lean Lau Published 15 November 2021 There is a scarier scenario that a repeat of the COVID-1 pandemic: What if the threat wasn’t COVID-19, but a gene-edited pathogen designed to turn us into zombies
PandemicsAddressing Natural and Deliberate Biological Threats: Early Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic Published 12 November 2021 “Infectious disease threats will continue to emerge, whether naturally, by accident, or deliberately. Stopping them from spreading and causing mass effects is possible even today, but we have much work to do bringing our assets to bear” said Andy
PandemicsPublic Health as National Security Published 12 November 2021 Experts agree that it is not a matter of if, but when, the next large-scale outbreak of infectious disease will occur. Even as more countries devote more resources to health security – defined as the framework for preventing, detecting, and responding to biological threats, whether naturally
EarthquakesMachine Learning Improves Earthquake Detection Capabilities Published 12 November 2021 Researchers are applying machine learning algorithms to help interpret massive amounts of ground deformation data collected with Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) satellites; the new algorithms will improve earthquake detection. The new methodology enables the detection of ground deformation automatically at a global scale. Researchers at
CybersecurityCyberForce Competition: Collegiate Students Try to Outwit Cyberattackers Published 12 November 2021 The cybersecurity field faces a shortfall of qualified professionals to fill nearly half a million open jobs. The CyberForce Competition, to be held on 13 November at the Argonne National Laboratory, will see college and university students from across the United States attempt
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