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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchers

Special forces carrying hostages out of a Moscow theatre after a siege by Chechen militants in 2002
Russia used fentanyl derivatives to end a siege by Chechen militants at a Moscow theatre in 2002. Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters

Sophisticated and deadly “brain weapons” that can attack or alter human consciousness, perception, memory or behaviour are no longer the stuff of science fiction, two British academics argue.

Michael Crowley and Malcolm Dando, of Bradford University, are about to publish a book that they believe should be a wake-up call to the world.

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