Bird flu is already a tragedy.
This year’s might include XBB.1 and … perhaps no other strain.
The recent fight over wet-market raccoon dogs underscores just how much prior beliefs can affect interpretation.
The widespread advice to go slow is neither definitive nor universal.
Health concerns keep shrinking the roster of approved artificial dyes. But Americans still can’t seem to go cold turkey on ultra-colorful foods.
A small study has found that certain soaps can make people less attractive to mosquitoes, but it probably won’t work for everyone.
A lot went wrong with COVID, but the responses that worked could help guide us in future pandemics.
The pandemic and the need to respond remain.
In its ideal form, a contraceptive vaccine could prevent pregnancy without the messy side effects of some hormonal birth control.
Things look calm right now. They may even stay that way—but we won’t know for sure for a good long while.
Elephant seals survive on only two hours of sleep. Why can’t we?
Collecting food scraps in your kitchen can invite insect invaders. But there are plenty of ways to outsmart them.
A new book tells the story of our past from the perspective of the bugs that have shaped it.
It’s stranger than you think.
Scientists haven’t spotted one of influenza’s most mysterious lineages for more than three years. Is it truly gone?
The insects’ sweet tooth should have made them easy to kill. But they outsmarted us with warp-speed evolution.
Ford’s electric Mustang, the Mach-E, is attracting an unusual bunch of drivers—including me.
When you stick ink-filled needles into your skin, your body’s defenders respond accordingly. Scientists aren’t sure if that’s good or bad for you.
A key set of data could shore up the case for a purely animal origin. So why aren’t scientists sharing it?
A new analysis of genetic samples from China appears to link the pandemic’s origin to raccoon dogs.
What happens when everyone first gets immunity to the coronavirus as a very young kid?