The astonishing secrets of fungal life raise profound questions

Far from “following the science,” is Boris Johnson now making it up to suit his pandemic policies?

The government’s grandiose gestures are no substitute for competence on the basics

The individuals, the culture, the structures and the messaging—all are culpable for this appalling outcome

Science is slowly facing up to its own problems with monuments to its historical figures, even when they are not on earth

Seekers of dark matter are getting very excited. But has this elusive particle, which holds the key to where the universe’s mass is hidden, really been discovered?

Prospect’s chief science writer speaks to leading epidemiologists—including Neil Ferguson, who made this striking claim. He concludes that countless lives were unnecessarily lost

Not to do so would be an insult to the public and the ideal of evidence-based policymaking

The reproduction measure hides a wealth of complications but is indispensable to decision-making

The disturbing story of how the web is weaving weird connections between hippies, Nazis, Russian agents and the rest of us to spread lies about Covid-19