If racism were thought of as a mental disorder, would it help the efforts to make the world a less racist place, or make them harder?

A pioneer in the fight against HIV reflects on the dangers of excess optimism about a coronavirus vaccine

Cistus exerts a number of powerful antibacterial and antifungal properties against pathogens that can cause serious health problems.

Scientific Reports - Potent in vitro antiviral activity of Cistus incanus extract against HIV and Filoviruses targets viral envelope proteins

Eating seaweed salad may boost the efficacy of vaccinations and help treat cold sores, herpes, Epstein-Barr virus, and shingles. Billions of pounds of

Lobsters, birds and some primates use quarantine to ward off infections

Project: Roman roads diagrams The Roman roads diagram project is a series of maps driven by an unconventional idea: what if we represented Ancient Rome’s famed road network in the style of a modern transit map?
So far I’ve made five diagrams (below). Click…

Patrick McGoohan's 1960s cult curiosity turns out to be a parable for our intolerant times

A recent study finds that in the United States, around 35% of excess deaths during the early phase of the pandemic were not directly caused by COVID-19.

Feat enables researchers to study — and perhaps treat — deadly diseases.

There are better ways to be creative.

Another long week in the all-stick, no-carrot revolution