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Experts Warn: Brain Weapons Threaten Humanity’s Future

11/25/2025

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British academics Michael Crowley and Malcolm Dando warn that brain weapons manipulating consciousness are a new warfare frontier, and their upcoming book calls for urgent action to prevent neuroscience weaponization.
They cite the 2002 Moscow theatre siege as a significant example of state-sponsored research into central nervous system (CNS) weapons.
They prepare for a meeting in The Hague and urge an arms-control framework to protect scientific integrity and human rights.

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British academics Michael Crowley and Malcolm Dando warn that brain weapons manipulating consciousness are a new warfare frontier, and their upcoming book calls for urgent action to prevent neuroscience weaponization.
They cite the 2002 Moscow theatre siege as a significant example of state-sponsored research into central nervous system (CNS) weapons.
They prepare for a meeting in The Hague and urge an arms-control framework to protect scientific integrity and human rights.