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Everything We Know Now About Schools, Kids, and Covid-19

Public Health

Everything We Know Now About Schools, Kids, and Covid-19

Megan Molteni

Can an AI Predict the Language of Viral Mutation?

Escapees

Can an AI Predict the Language of Viral Mutation?

Gregory Barber

The honey detectives are closing in on China’s shady syrup swindlers

Food

The honey detectives are closing in on China’s shady syrup swindlers

Jonathan Ungoed-Thomas and Jonathan Leake

The Case for Cannibalism, or: How to Survive the Donner Party

Backchannel

The Case for Cannibalism, or: How to Survive the Donner Party

Cody Cassidy

The Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Faces a Two-Shot Problem

Public Health

The Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Faces a Two-Shot Problem

Maryn McKenna

How Many Microcovids Would You Spend on a Burrito?

Backchannel

How Many Microcovids Would You Spend on a Burrito?

Gregory Barber

Here’s what it will take to vaccinate 14 million people by mid-February

Health

Here’s what it will take to vaccinate 14 million people by mid-February

David Cox

If You Are Going to Survive, You Must Prepare to Fail

Get Ready

If You Are Going to Survive, You Must Prepare to Fail

John Hudson

A Virus Variant Spreads, Vaccine Efforts Accelerate, and More

Coronavirus Update

A Virus Variant Spreads, Vaccine Efforts Accelerate, and More

Eve Sneider

How Fast Can Scientists Find the New Coronavirus Strains?

Public Health

How Fast Can Scientists Find the New Coronavirus Strains?

Megan Molteni

Inside the UK’s botched Covid-19 Test to Release scheme

Transport

Inside the UK’s botched Covid-19 Test to Release scheme

Natasha Bernal

The UK can’t even keep track of its spiralling Covid-19 case numbers

Health

The UK can’t even keep track of its spiralling Covid-19 case numbers

Grace Browne

Vaccines are about to become a lot more personalised (and effective)

Health

Vaccines are about to become a lot more personalised (and effective)

Daniel M Davis

How to stop the next pandemic

Long Reads

How to stop the next pandemic

David Cox

Big pharma is about to tune in to the potential of psychedelics

Mental Health

Big pharma is about to tune in to the potential of psychedelics

Robin Carhart-Harris

Yes to Masks. No to Parties. 2021 Will Be a Lot Like 2020

Year in Review

Yes to Masks. No to Parties. 2021 Will Be a Lot Like 2020

Maryn McKenna

30 Years Since the Human Genome Project Began, What’s Next?

Year in Review

30 Years Since the Human Genome Project Began, What’s Next?

Megan Molteni

In a Pandemic, Medical Illustrators Made Science Accessible

Year in Review

In a Pandemic, Medical Illustrators Made Science Accessible

Sara Harrison

Covid broke global medicine. Fixing it is almost impossible

Health

Covid broke global medicine. Fixing it is almost impossible

Elizabeth Pisani

How tech is reinventing healthcare

Health

How tech is reinventing healthcare

João Medeiros