September issue: The hype, peril, and promise of AI

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White House press briefing on coronavirus

Reporting on science in today’s hyperpolitical environment

By Herbert Lin | Analysis, Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

Wuhan Institute of Virology

COVID-19 lab-leak theory: Gain-of-function is a hot topic, but a bad explanation

By Nicholas G. Evans, Anna Muldoon | Disruptive Technologies

Nurse cares for patient.

The known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns of COVID-19

By W. Ian Lipkin | Disruptive Technologies

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao LIjian.

After the lab-leak theory, US-Chinese relations head downhill

By Yanzhong Huang | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

The Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Six essential stories on the origins of COVID-19

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

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WHO’s “exciting adventure” to find the origins of COVID-19 runs into trouble

By Thomas Gaulkin, Matt Field | Biosecurity

CDC director Robert Redfield CNN coronavirus interview Sanjay Gupta

Did former CDC director offer a ham sandwich theory of COVID-19? Maybe. Maybe not.

By Thomas Gaulkin | Biosecurity

A scientist works at a biosafety level 4 lab.

Natural spillover or research lab leak? Why a credible investigation is needed to determine the origin of the coronavirus pandemic

By Filippa Lentzos | Biosecurity