Opinions - STEPHEN M. MAURER & LAURIE ZOLOTH evaluate the progress synthetic biologists have made to safeguard the public from their work; MICHAEL STEBBINS lobbies the field of presidential candidates to address a broad range of national security issues; plus, the "Bulletin briefing" gathers experts to explore the rise in anti-nuclear weapons activism

In: The bulletin of the atomic scientists: a magazine of science and public affairs, Band 63, Heft 6, S. 16-21