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?

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

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

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 ...