Pandemics
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Microbial Warfare
October 07, 2009
Antibiotic resistance is more than just a medical scourge; it’s also a window into a war microbes have been waging against each other for hundreds of millions of years.
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Pluto, David Bowie, and the Flu
August 28, 2009
The president's science advisers tackle swine flu's resurgence while Pluto’s defenders mourn its "demotion," and a researcher writes the perfect Bowie song.
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Malaria: Five New Weapons
June 11, 2009
Profiles of the most promising and innovative approaches to fighting malaria, from a living drug pump to strategic computer models.
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Week in Review: May 1
May 01, 2009
Swine flu looms large, a study finds prayer has no effect on medical treatment, Obama speaks at the National Academy of Sciences, neuroscientists plan to beef up Wikipedia, and a Republican senator switches to the Democratic Party.
diplomacy, disease, ethics, information, pandemics, politics, week in review
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Swine Flu Kills, Sometimes
May 01, 2009
For swine flu, history and recent advances in evolutionary biology provide only a partial blueprint. Ultimately, any recourse must rely on incomplete data and imperfect knowledge.
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The Parasite Puzzle
April 27, 2009
How one of Africa’s deadliest pathogens uses on-the-fly, genetic costume changes to outsmart our immune system.
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Predicting Outbreaks
December 17, 2008
Satellites, a shift in epidemiology, and Google combine to stop disease before it starts.
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Flu Beginnings
August 14, 2008
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Innovation
Let There Be Light
Astronomers will soon find scores of Earth-sized exoplanets, but imaging them may be decades away. That is, unless NASA decides to build a starshade.
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Ideas
Into the Uncanny Valley
New findings shed light on a century’s worth of bizarre explanations for the eerie feeling we get around lifelike robots.
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World
Signs from Above
The release of an apocalyptic movie prompts NASA to debunk planetary rumors, fowl play shuts down the LHC, and the Catholic Church discusses alien life.
