Secretive JASONs have advised the United States on nuclear war. Next up: how to reopen labs in a pandemic
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/secretive-jasons-have-advised-united-states-nuclear-war-next-how-reopen-labs-pandemic
Researchers around the world are trying to figure out how to reopen laboratories shuttered by the pandemic.
A group of prominent academic scientists that has been advising the U.S. government on security matters since the Cold War is conducting a quick-turnaround, pro bono study of a new threat to national security—the impact of COVID-19 on academic research. And this time it’s personal.