Recent studies implicate the immune system and a herpes virus as potential contributors to development of the disease.

Brooke Borel: So Tom originally came to me with this idea for this podcast to dig into scientific controversies in a ...

From pathogen research to geoengineering and AI, consequential science is accelerating. Whose hands are on the wheel?

The CDC is piloting a disease forecasting service called Insight Net. Could it be a game-changer for public health?

In March 2013, a 27-year-old man showed up at the Fifth People’s Hospital in Shanghai, China, with a high fever and cough. Within 48 hours, he was admitted to the intensive care unit with severe ...

The federal government’s advice for raw milk consumers has long been simple: Don’t drink it. But despite the risk of foodborne illnesses, raw milk isn’t going anywhere. Sales have increased in the ...

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What does a gazelle think when a member of its herd becomes a lion’s dinner? Questions like these have been very much on the mind of the Spanish philosopher Susana Monsó, whose new book, “Playing ...

"Vanishing Treasures," by Katherine Rundell, is a passionate plea to save the planet's living cabinet of curiosities.