Our Knowledge of Viruses Is Badly Inadequate
Most of the known families are significantly understudied
Opinion
We’re Thinking about Climate Change the Wrong Way
Rather than convince other nations to “do their part,” the U.S. should develop clean energy technologies and make them cheap enough for everyone to adopt
Remembering Big Bang Basher Fred Hoyle
The great astrophysicist Fred Hoyle (1915–2001) named the big bang theory but never embraced it...
What the COVID-19 Pandemic Means for Black Americans
The bias built into the health system means they will have worse outcomes on average if they get sick
How to Stop Science Thieves
Universities are creating new tools to guard research against threats to national security and competitiveness
Harnessing Social Media for the COVID-19 Pandemic
Campaigns such as #See10Do10 can make a sometimes frivolous way of communicating socially useful
Yes, Liquor Stores Are Essential Businesses
Keeping them open can help people with alcohol use disorder avoid withdrawal symptoms, including tremors, hallucinations and seizures
The Pandemic Shows Why the U.S. Must Invest in Public Research
This moment of crisis calls for the nation to rediscover its powers of discovery
Life as We Don’t Know It
If we’re going to find extraterrestrials, we need to stop assuming they’ll think like humans
Inside the Global Race to Fight COVID-19 Using the World’s Fastest Supercomputers
The director of IBM Research explains how the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium came together in just a few days
