The containment of COVID-19 raises pressing questions related to the freedom of scientific information, civil liberties, and human rights, one scholar explains.

Scientists have different ideas about whether viruses are living beings. But they have solid advice on how to destroy them: wash up.

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You could get stung by a jellyfish even when there don't seem to be any around. Meet Cassiopea xamachana and its "stinging water" weirdness.

What did women coming of age in the 1950s think of Doris Day in Calamity Jane? Does her filmography have the same meaning now?

How do innocuous words become insidious in the face of a public health emergency?

Inventors often use animals' adaptations to the environment in applications that benefit humans, from sharky swimsuits to hedgehog-inspired helmets.

Well-researched stories from The New Yorker, Nursing Clio, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

The first Black woman physician served communities in the South after the Civil War but was buried in an anonymous grave. That will likely change.

Would you brush with a toothpaste for the sweet taste alone or because of its touted health benefits? The answer wasn't always so obvious.