What is Disease X and do we need to worry about it?
4 April 2024
The term “Disease X” means a new infection, or an existing pathogen that has mutated to become more dangerous, with the potential to cause a global pandemic
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Found 980 results for coronavirus covid-19
Humans spread more viruses to other animals than they give to us
25 March 2024
An analysis of viral genomes shows it is more common for viruses to jump from humans to other animals than the other way around
Covid-19 vaccines seem to cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes
27 February 2024
Many covid-19 vaccines occasionally cause side effects such as blood clots or heart inflammation, but, overall, they appear to be beneficial in preventing heart and circulatory conditions
ChatGPT can tailor political ads to match users' personalities
20 February 2024
Generative AI can rewrite political adverts on social media to target users with different personality types, making it easier to manipulate elections using personal data on a large scale
Covid-19 variant JN.1 may be the mildest form of the virus yet
15 January 2024
JN.1, the covid-19 variant that is dominant in much of the world, is more infectious than its predecessors, but appears to be causing less severe illness
Conspiracy theories
11 January 2024
It is easy to dismiss conspiracy theories as unhinged beliefs held by a small number of paranoid idiots, but that seriously underestimates them. Belief in conspiracy theories is very widespread, the product of normal human psychology, and extremely influential and dangerous.
Girls’ brains aged unusually rapidly during the covid-19 pandemic
21 December 2023
Adolescents’ brains underwent accelerated ageing during the covid-19 pandemic, and the effect was more pronounced in girls than in boys
The biggest science news stories of 2023 as chosen by New Scientist
15 December 2023
AI chatbots and a weight-loss drug swept the world, temperature records tumbled and India landed on the moon in a year of astonishing science news
Covid-19 'emergency' ended in 2023 but the virus still lingers
13 December 2023
On 5 May, the World Health Organization declared that the coronavirus was no longer classified as a "public health emergency of international concern", its highest alert level, but the virus is still evolving
Governments must stay in it for the long haul on long covid research
29 November 2023
Lingering symptoms after a covid-19 infection remain a problem for millions of people. Nations need to renew efforts to find treatments for them and help prevent yet more cases