Special Report: The Coronavirus Pandemic
How it started, where it’s headed, and how scientists are fighting back
Features
How China's 'Bat Woman' Hunted Down Viruses from SARS to the New Coronavirus
Wuhan-based virologist Shi Zhengli has identified dozens of deadly SARS-like viruses in bat caves, and she warns there are more out there
Three Ways to Make Coronavirus Drugs in a Hurry
With no time to make treatments from scratch, researchers search for existing compounds that deflect harm
Psychological Trauma Is the Next Crisis for Coronavirus Health Workers
Hero worship alone doesn’t protect frontline clinicians from distress
Grief on the Front Line--and Beyond
In their own voices, health care workers from across the country reflect on coping with the coronavirus
Genetic Engineering Could Make a COVID-19 Vaccine in Months Rather Than Years
Candidates are speeding toward human trials
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Could End
Recent epidemics provide clues to ways the current crisis could stop
How a 380-Million-Year-Old Fish Gave Us Fingers
A remarkable fossil reveals that the digits in our hands evolved before vertebrates emerged from the water to colonize land
Astronomers Watch as Planets Are Born
High-resolution images of the debris disks around stars are revealing how solar systems form
How to Set a Price on Carbon Pollution
A smart combination of math and policy choices can determine a practical tax that will cut CO2 emissions
What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about the Brain
A close brush can leave a lasting mental legacy—and may tell us about how the mind functions under extreme conditions
Departments
- Letters
Readers Respond to the February 2020 Issue
- Advances
Collision on One Side of Pluto Ripped Up Terrain on the Other, Study Suggests
How to Dramatically Curb Extinction
Low-Tech Water Wand Finds Contaminated Drinking Water
How to Transport Crucial Vaccines without Cooling
Multistate Disagreement over the Length of the Foot to End
Antarctic Fish Is a Blood Doping Champion
Earliest 'Chickens' Were Actually Pheasants
Genetic Diversity of Malaria in a Single Mosquito Bite May Be Huge
In Case You Missed It
Fatal Opioid Overdoses May Be More Common Than Thought
- Forum
Ignoring Science during a Pandemic Is Poor Leadership
- The Science of Health
The Virtuous Side of Viruses
- The Science Agenda
Stopping Deforestation Can Prevent Pandemics
- Recommended
Recommended Books, June 2020
- 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: June 2020
- Graphic Science
Virus Mutations Reveal How COVID-19 Really Spread
- Meter
Poem: Drunken Forest
- Observatory
Small Numbers Can Have Huge Impacts on Climate and Health
