Examining QAnon’s racist propaganda

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July 5, 2021

A researcher at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Integrated Research Facility in Frederick, Maryland. inspects a positive-pressure suit, one of the tools lab workers use to protect themselves in biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) labs.

DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Risky bioresearch calls for greater lab safety
As scientists seek to better understand viruses like the one that causes COVID-19, they will likely need more labs tailor-made for work with risky germs. Read more.

Image courtesy of US Drought Monitor/National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

CLIMATE CHANGE
Dying from the heat
Heat deaths are the most prevalent of all deaths from natural disasters, writes climate scientist Peter Gleick. What does that mean for workers with little or no ability to avoid the risk of being outside in extreme heat? Read more.

A woman wearing a “Q” hat with her son listens to President Trump speak to a large crowd in 2018 in Wilkes Barre, Penn. (Photo by Rick Loomis/Getty Images)

DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Examining QAnon’s racist propaganda
International security expert Mia Bloom saw a troubling pattern emerge while conducting research for her book Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnon. Read more.

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