How our abuse of nature makes pandemics like covid-19 more likely
3 March 2021
From habitat degradation to squalid animal treatment, our part in allowing “zoonotic” diseases like covid-19 to leap into humans is becoming ever clearer
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The race to find and stop viruses that could cause the next pandemic
25 November 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is still raging, but the clock is ticking towards the next big virus threat – can we track it down before it makes the leap from animals to humans?
Viruses have busy social lives that we could manipulate to defeat them
21 October 2020
The coronavirus and others are no lone wolves, they cooperate and compete with one another. Understanding these social interactions could help us fight them
Your covid-19 risk: How to navigate this new world of uncertainty
21 October 2020
Baffling statistics and their impact on our emotions can make it hard to evaluate risk in this pandemic. But there are simple steps you can take to put risk in context and feel more confident in your decisions
The covid-19 pandemic was predicted – here's how to stop the next one
16 September 2020
Covid-19 isn't the first pandemic humanity has faced and it won't be the last. What has happened offers lessons about how to judge and respond to virus warnings in future
What four coronaviruses from history can tell us about covid-19
29 April 2020
Four coronaviruses cause around a quarter of all common colds, but each was probably deadly when it first made the leap to humans. We can learn a lot from what happened next
Ancient viruses buried in our DNA may reawaken and cause illness
26 February 2020
Stress or infection may prompt viruses hidden in our genome to stagger back to life, contributing to some cases of multiple sclerosis, diabetes and schizophrenia
The zombie world of viruses could hold the key to evolution itself
8 January 2020
Notorious for making us sick, viruses are weird, undead organisms – but new insights are revealing they may have created life's glorious complexity in the first place
Beating cancer: How viruses are being used to infect and kill tumours
23 October 2019
We’ve long known that viruses can target cancers in our bodies. Now, thanks to gene editing, we’re using them as tumour search and destroy agents – and getting our immune systems to join the fight too
Winning at work: How to avoid getting sick in the office
8 January 2019
Our workplaces are making us sick, but there are clever ways to dodge the germiest corners and keep your health intact
