Stories by Edward Chen

Edward Chen is a news intern at Nature.

An African leopard catches an Egyptian fruit bat as seen on video from a remote solar-powered camera trap at Python Cave, Uganda.

EpidemiologyApril 25, 2026

‘Bat feast’ animal videos at African cave offer clues to how deadly viruses spread

Researchers filmed 10 species eating or scavenging bats at known Marburg-virus hotspot—and caught hundreds of humans visiting

Edward Chen, Nature magazine

Dark stormy skies over the White House.

Society & PolicyApril 4, 2026

Trump administration proposes massive budget cuts to science

The White House budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing

Max Kozlov, Dan Garisto, Edward Chen, Nature magazine