Experiments that make viruses more virulent or contagious present significant risks. Are those risks worth the rewards?

The CDC is piloting a disease forecasting service called Insight Net. Could it be a game-changer for public health?

From pathogen research to geoengineering and AI, consequential science is accelerating. Whose hands are on the wheel?

Brooke Borel: So Tom originally came to me with this idea for this podcast to dig into scientific controversies in a ...

Farmers and health experts say it’s complicated. RFK Jr.’s milk adviser, Mark McAfee, says he’s up for the challenge.

To receive federal funding, such high-risk work — sometimes called “gain of function” — must be evaluated by a government committee. That committee follows a framework that was influenced by guidance ...

What does a gazelle think when a member of its herd becomes a lion’s dinner? Questions like these have been very much on the mind of the Spanish philosopher Susana Monsó, whose new book, “Playing ...