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Can a Database of Animal Viruses Help Predict the Next Pandemic?

Crossover

Can a Database of Animal Viruses Help Predict the Next Pandemic?

Megan Molteni

Biofuels are meant to clean up flying’s carbon crisis. They won’t

Environment

Biofuels are meant to clean up flying’s carbon crisis. They won’t

Maria Mellor, WIRED UK

In China, censorship and lies have fuelled coronavirus fear

Health

In China, censorship and lies have fuelled coronavirus fear

Anonymous

This Marsupial Dies After Mating. Now It’s Got Bigger Worries

G'day, Mate

This Marsupial Dies After Mating. Now It’s Got Bigger Worries

Matt Simon

Coronavirus Has a Name: The Deadly Disease Is Covid-19

What's in a Name

Coronavirus Has a Name: The Deadly Disease Is Covid-19

Adam Rogers

Hurling Satellites Into Space Seems Crazy—but Might Just Work

Dot-Physics

Hurling Satellites Into Space Seems Crazy—but Might Just Work

Rhett Allain

The Big (yet Hidden) Consequences of Antarctica's Record Heat

On Thin Ice

The Big (yet Hidden) Consequences of Antarctica's Record Heat

Matt Simon

Algae Caviar, Anyone? What We'll Eat on the Journey to Mars

Cover Story

Algae Caviar, Anyone? What We'll Eat on the Journey to Mars

Nicola Twilley

The climate crisis will keep making transatlantic flights way faster

Environment

The climate crisis will keep making transatlantic flights way faster

Chris Stokel-Walker

What Scientists Can Learn From Alien Hunters

Little Green Men

What Scientists Can Learn From Alien Hunters

Sarah Scoles

The Secret to Blowing Massive Soap Bubbles

Experiments

The Secret to Blowing Massive Soap Bubbles

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica

The Universal Law of Turbulence Isn't So Unruly After All

Randomness

The Universal Law of Turbulence Isn't So Unruly After All

Kevin Hartnett

Targeting cancer is about to get easier – thanks to DNA sequencing

Health

Targeting cancer is about to get easier – thanks to DNA sequencing

Alison Cranage

On Wikipedia, a fight is raging over coronavirus disinformation

Health

On Wikipedia, a fight is raging over coronavirus disinformation

Omer Benjakob

The race is on to hack cow burps and help save the planet

Animals

The race is on to hack cow burps and help save the planet

Emma Bryce

Only airlines can show the huge scale of China's coronavirus crisis

Transport

Only airlines can show the huge scale of China's coronavirus crisis

Will Bedingfield

The best umbrellas to keep you dry, tested in gale-force 8 winds

Weather

The best umbrellas to keep you dry, tested in gale-force 8 winds

Jeremy White and Jim Hill

Want to Fight Climate Change? Stop Believing These Myths

Clearing the Air

Want to Fight Climate Change? Stop Believing These Myths

Matt Simon

Europe’s Solar Orbiter Begins Its Journey to the Sun

Hot in Here

Europe’s Solar Orbiter Begins Its Journey to the Sun

Daniel Oberhaus

The NHS has a plan to tackle its huge environmental impact

Environment

The NHS has a plan to tackle its huge environmental impact

Matt Reynolds