Kai Kupferschmidt
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Gyms. Bars. The White House. See how superspreading events are driving the pandemic
Preventing hot spots of COVID-19 transmission has emerged as a key challenge in the fight against the virus → Read More
This biologist helped trace SARS to bats. Now, he's working to uncover the origins of COVID-19
Linfa Wang's innovative new assay could help reveal when and where the virus spilled over to humans → Read More
Mathematics of life and death: How disease models shape national shutdowns and other pandemic policies
The coronavirus highlights the “huge responsibility” of infectious disease modelers → Read More
WHO launches global megatrial of the four most promising coronavirus treatments
Simple design aims to let even overwhelmed physicians and hospitals participate → Read More
China’s aggressive measures have slowed the coronavirus. They may not work in other countries
Report from joint WHO-China mission takes detailed look at results of response in hardest hit country → Read More
‘A completely new culture of doing research.’ Coronavirus outbreak changes how scientists communicate
Preprint servers and journals are working overtime to keep up with a “firehose” of data → Read More
The coronavirus seems unstoppable. What should the world do now?
A pandemic seems inevitable, but its speed and impact can be mitigated → Read More
Scientists clash over paper that questions Syrian government’s role in sarin attack
Journal delays publication of controversial forensic study → Read More
More and more scientists are preregistering their studies. Should you?
Declaring in advance what you're going to study, and how, helps avoid p-hacking and publication bias → Read More
Tide of lies
The researcher at the center of an epic scientific fraud remains an enigma to the scientists who exposed him. ![1] ILLUSTRATION: SARA GIRONI CARNEVALE The first thing that went through Alison Avenell's head when she heard Yoshihiro Sato had died was that it might be a trick. It was March 2017, and in the previous years, Avenell, a clinical nutritionist at the University of Aberdeen in the United… → Read More
Researcher at the center of an epic fraud remains an enigma to those who exposed him
After years of detective work, it's still unclear why a Japanese doctor faked dozens of clinical trials → Read More
She’s the world’s top empathy researcher. But colleagues say she bullied and intimidated them
Max Planck neuroscientist Tania Singer created an atmosphere of fear, former and current lab members allege → Read More
Scientists are declaring war against a leukemia-causing virus that has infected millions
Widespread testing can help curb HTLV-1, the retrovirus that HIV has overshadowed → Read More
How a surging stockpile of vaccines could help conquer cholera
As vaccine stockpile grows, a better formulation could also bolster response to widespread outbreak → Read More
Could science destroy the world? These scholars want to save us from a modern-day Frankenstein
A small cadre of scientists worries that lab-made viruses, AI, or nanobots could drive humans to extinction → Read More
Asia is the cradle of almost every cholera epidemic, genome studies show
Discoveries may end debate on the role of environmental factors in the disease's global burden → Read More
All clear for the decisive trial of ecstasy in PTSD patients
Nonprofit seeks funding for phase III trials after Food and Drug Administration grants MDMA "breakthrough therapy" status → Read More
A bold open-access push in Germany could change the future of academic publishing
Consortium hopes to make all German-authored papers free to read by paying annual fee → Read More
Anthrax’s cousin wreaks havoc in the rainforest
Bacillus cereus, a microbe widely seen as benign, is a mass killer of mammals, researchers say → Read More
Labmade smallpox is possible, study shows
Labmade smallpox is possible, study shows + See all authors and affiliations Science 14 Jul 2017: Vol. 357, Issue 6347, pp. 115-116 DOI: 10.1126/science.357.6347.115 → Read More