Environment
The 'polluted monster' island that once tested biological weapons
As the site of anthrax biological weapons testing during World War II, Gruinard Island in Scotland was abandoned for decades.
Biological Weapon
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History
The Unknown About Entomological Warfare in History
For centuries, insects have been used as biological weapons to spread disease and destroy crops.
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Top 4 'craziest' biological weapons in human history
If today biological warfare is completely banned by international conventions and laws, in the past it was considered a smart tactic.
Health
Corona virus is suspected of being a laboratory product, related to China's biological warfare program
This is a question posed by an expert on biological weapons from Israel, involving two biological laboratories working with SARS and MERS viruses in Wuhan City.
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Scorpion bombs and deadly biological weapons
The Islamic State (IS) is using scorpion bombs to wreak psychological shame. Historically, many types of biological bombs were used to kill people.
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How were biological weapons born?
Biological weapons are one of the most primitive weapons, the purest, the oldest but also the most modern in human history.
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Infectious diseases, commercial aircraft:
According to Daily Star Online, in the past six months alone, Zimbabwe has been affected by a cholera outbreak, the Democratic Republic of Congo has experienced a new Eb…
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Anthrax bacteria - scary biological weapons!
The most common form of infection in humans is through skin contact, when anthrax spores enter the body at open wounds.
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The dead island is suspected to be a test site for Soviet biological weapons
In the sea between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan there is an island named Vozrozhdeniya, that is
Biology
Ladybug is 'biological weapon' in the supermarket
The management of a large supermarket in the US releases about 72,000 ladybirds into stores to kill the aphids.
Science Events
A new type of biological weapon is coming
In a CIA-organized closed-door seminar, US scientists warned the US Intelligence Agency that a new type of biological weapon will appear on Earth. According to the CIA r…
Medicine - Health
Russia warned of the risk of Ebola as a biological weapon
Russian Federal Health Agency (FMBA) claims, concerns about the Ebola virus, the culprit who claimed the lives of nearly 1,000 people in West Africa in the past few mont…
Medicine - Health
Biological history and risk of Ebola
The characteristics of viruses or bacteria that spread the disease make them biological weapons thousands of years ago and are warranted to be used in modern times.
Medicine - Health
The risk of dispersing smallpox virus through biological weapons
Russia and the US say that more research is needed to create safer vaccines against deadly diseases that have been wiped out more than 30 years ago.