Bianca Nogrady
Scientists face increasing harassment and criticism of their work. Do they need our protection?
As researchers increasingly face many kinds of attack over their work, there is debate about how to support and protect ...
Cockroaches: How a South Asian vermin unexpectedly conquered the world
A ubiquitous household pest has unexpected origins. A cockroach that lives in human dwellings all over the world is known ...
Infographic: Scientists under attack for publicly discussing the science on COVID and vaccines
Infectious-diseases physician Krutika Kuppalli had been in her new job for barely a week in September 2020, when someone phoned ...
How infectious are asymptomatic COVID carriers?
[E]vidence suggests that about one in five infected people will experience no symptoms, and they will transmit the virus to ...
Stress really may turn your hair grey
The following is an excerpt. There could be some truth in the anecdotal belief that stress can turn your hair ...