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Birds on the March

The cull had squashed H5N1's short-term chances. But the government's throttling of information ensured that the disease had long-term prospects. In...
Simon Parkin
Sep 8, 2017 8 min read

Zoonosis

Nipah virus was a classic example of a "zoonosis": a disease being transmitted from animals to humans, or vice versa. Zoonotic...
Claire Asher
Aug 29, 2017 6 min read

Your Brain is Your Phone

Smartphones are changing how we think–because they're a part of how we think.
Kieran Yates
Aug 28, 2017 10 min read

Foreshadowing

Almost a century later, three things are certain: that the first confirmed case of Spanish flu occurred, that it originated not...
Simon Parkin
Aug 25, 2017 7 min read

The Human Machine

A series about the increasingly blurred lines between us and our machines.
Ian Steadman
Aug 23, 2017 1 min read

Sense Hacking: The Real-Life Cyborgs of the DIY Augmentation Scene

Meet the people determined to shape their experience of the external world in new ways.
Jane C. Hu
Aug 15, 2017 15 min read

Inception

Humanity and the world we inhabit may be facing a bevy of looming disasters, but for Fukuda the question of whether...
Simon Parkin
Aug 11, 2017 6 min read

Pandemics: A Reading List

"The epidemic is seldom mentioned, and most Americans have apparently forgotten it. This is not surprising. The human mind always tries...
Duncan Geere
Aug 9, 2017 2 min read

Fowl Plague

Pandemics have threatened humanity in the past–and avian influenza may well be the next one due.
Duncan Geere
Aug 4, 2017 1 min read

Introducing: Fowl Plague

Some of the deadliest forms of these viruses are just a handful of genetic mutations away from turning into what could...
Duncan Geere
Aug 4, 2017 2 min read
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