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The Lancet

Top medical journals call for global action to reduce nuclear war risk

By John Mecklin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A bus carrying a team of experts from the World Health Organization departs an airport in Wuhan on Jan. 14, 2021, after arriving in the Chinese city to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. That investigation is widely seen as having been obstructed by Chinese authorities. (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images)

How COVID-19’s origins were obscured, by the East and the West

By Nicholas Wade | Analysis, Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

Credit: Matt Field. Based in part on images by Evan Swigart, FeastingMadeEasy / Lili, and NickSS from London (all CC BY 2.0).

Overweight and underwater: obesity and climate change

By Matt Field | Climate Change, What We’re Reading