What you need to know about the Ebola outbreak that has the WHO concerned

While other forms of Ebola can be prevented with a vaccine, none are currently available to prevent this rare strain.

Labour in crisis: whoever is prime minister, voters expect politicians to use the language of populism

Beyond the high drama surrounding the Makerfield by-election and the contest to be the UK prime minister lies a more ...

Hantavirus in Africa: why climate change, rats and weak surveillance are worrying scientists

Weak surveillance and climate change could allow deadly hantaviruses to spread unnoticed across African countries, raising ...
Opinion

Mali’s military leader is consolidating power. Why this is dangerous

Military regimes have shifted from presenting themselves as temporary ‘corrective’ interventions to becoming personalised systems of rule.

Trump’s ‘cordial’ Beijing trip has not changed superpower rivalry

Donald Trump’s appraisal of his recent state visit to China was, typically, positive and self-regarding. At the end of the ...

From PCOS to PMOS: What the name change to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome means for women’s health

PMOS is not primarily a disease of the ovaries. Its new name reflects the condition’s more complex and cyclical endocrine and ...

Flavored vapes led to a major shake‑up at the FDA – 3 health policy analysts explain the science behind the controversial products

Flavored vapes draw new users – especially young people. On the flipside, they can also help some people quit smoking. Makary ...

What are those orange balls on some power lines?

Aviation marker balls don’t help with electricity flow or improve the efficiency of the power lines. But they do have a very ...

Trump’s Cabinet dramatically changed American foreign policy while the president made noise – a scholar of presidential rhetoric explains

The president’s barrage of pronouncements on foreign policy mean his Cabinet members’ statements on foreign policy have ...

Dark patterns on the web are designed to manipulate you – why aren’t they all illegal?

Encountering a website that seems like it was designed to frustrate might leave you saying ‘there oughta be a law,’ but to ...

Companies are hyping AI the same way they talked up sustainability, but there are ways to fix that

Many companies today overpromise what they can do with AI. They should learn from efforts to combat greenwashing and tighten ...

Antonia Bembo fled Venice to escape her abusive husband – over three centuries later, her opera finally takes the stage

Due to the vagaries of her music manuscripts and the historical neglect of women composers, Bembo and her opera were ...