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Thursday, 13 February, 2020

Science books
Five books that explain viruses and how they spread
Here’s what to read to understand the coronavirus outbreak in the context of history
Monday, 10 February, 2020

Coronavirus
With coronavirus, men are more vulnerable
Differences in immune function appear to start straight out of the womb
Monday, 10 February, 2020

AnalysisSpecial Report2 min
Curbing the great sand grab
Up to 50bn tonnes of sand is being mined every year, according to the UN
Friday, 7 February, 2020

ReviewScience books
The Great Pretender — undercover mission that shook psychiatry
Gripping tale of a psychologist who faked madness to infiltrate 1970s mental hospitals
Tuesday, 4 February, 2020

Big Data
The promise of synthetic data
Improvements in machine learning and computing power make it a technology to watch
Friday, 31 January, 2020

ExplainerCoronavirus3 min
Coronavirus: how far will it spread?
Scientists are looking at a range of factors to model the outbreak
Monday, 27 January, 2020

Coronavirus
Containing the coronavirus is a forlorn hope
A revised timeline suggests it has been circulating longer than first thought
Thursday, 23 January, 2020

ExplainerCoronavirus
Coronavirus outbreak: what we know so far
Experts expect number of confirmed cases to rise as deadly disease spreads from China
Wednesday, 8 January, 2020

Disease control and prevention
Pneumonia outbreak stirs virus hunting debate
Is the $3bn Global Virome Project an expensive distraction or a wise investment?
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Friday, 27 December, 2019

Genomics
Crossing ethical red lines in gene editing
There is more support for genome alteration for serious diseases than for ‘enhancement’
Tuesday, 17 December, 2019

Science
Locust swarms refocus attention on an old enemy
The pests have plagued humans for millennia but recent rains have intensified breeding
Tuesday, 10 December, 2019

Science
Science struggled to weigh up warnings from New Zealand volcano
Prediction should be possible but the challenge is to transform data into a real-world risk assessment
Monday, 2 December, 2019

Climate change
Climate change is reaching a tipping point
The earth’s vulnerabilities could interact with each other in unpredictable ways
Friday, 22 November, 2019

Best Books of the Year 2019
Best books of 2019: Health
Anjana Ahuja selects her must-read titles
Monday, 18 November, 2019

Opinion
Scientists threatened for doing their jobs
The academic freedom to tell inconvenient truths is being eroded, even in democracies
Wednesday, 6 November, 2019

Space exploration
Mercury’s mysteries continue to mesmerise
On Monday, all eyes will be on the moonless planet as it crosses the face of the Sun
Wednesday, 23 October, 2019

Science
Consciousness is one of science’s final frontiers
A competition is afoot to solve the mysteries of subjective experience
Friday, 11 October, 2019

ReviewScience books
The Slow Moon Climbs — the evolution of menopause
A scholarly work on the role and treatment of menopause
Wednesday, 9 October, 2019

Scientific research
British science is in jeopardy despite Nobel wins
Government is too wedded to the individual ‘great man’ theory of progress
Wednesday, 25 September, 2019

Science
Science sets out to conquer the art of darkness
The pursuit of the ‘blackest black’ has been the subject of eye-popping feuds
Wednesday, 25 September, 2019

Agricultural production
A diet that is healthy for you and for the planet
A healthy-eating revolution to tackle poor nutrition and environmental harm
Tuesday, 17 September, 2019

Space exploration
Contacting aliens would be madness on a galactic scale
Our species has never been more invested in the scientific hunt for life elsewhere in the universe
Tuesday, 10 September, 2019

Populism
Rigid minds are attracted by extremes
But people can become more adaptable by being exposed to contrarian arguments
Wednesday, 28 August, 2019

Social Media
Slaying the online hate hydra requires agility
Clusters of users could be mobilised to pit troll groups against each other
Monday, 5 August, 2019

Science
Japan loosens the rules on human-animal embryos
The goal is to nurture a human organ, such as a pancreas, inside an engineered host animal