In a quiet freshwater pond in Ibaraki Prefecture near Tokyo, researchers have pulled from the water a microscopic giant that is forcing biologists to rethink how complex life began. The newly ...

Scientists in Japan have discovered a previously unknown giant virus, offering new insight into this enigmatic category of ...

The researchers took a “safety-first” approach. They deliberately excluded all viruses that infect humans or animals from the ...

In the early, uncertain days of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists delivered one comforting pronouncement: The virus that caused COVID mutates rather slowly. If that remained true, the virus would ...

Most of the articles on this blog have talked about evolution as though it were somehow distant, something that happens to unfamiliar organisms and doesn't really affect our daily lives. Nothing could ...

Michael Worobey's lab has circled the globe for clues to how killer viruses jump into humans and then spread worldwide. Think "CSI" for HIV: Researchers have collected traces of viral DNA from ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

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