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Three people wearing gloves, goggles and full-body protective clothing take samples from a rodent. One of them holds the animal while another takes the specimen. A third stands at the side, holding small tubes in which the samples will be placed.

Infectious disease: Making — and breaking — the animal connection

We know pathogens from other species can endanger us. Scientists are better equipped than ever to do something about it, but political buy-in is crucial.

Photograph of the deck of a large commercial fishing vessel. Fish are falling from a massive net and piling on the deck floor, as fishermen look on.

Food & Environment

The human hand in fish evolution

Fishery practices that go for the big ones may be counterproductive when mostly the small survive

Photograph of a row of skeletons in a trench.

Health & Disease

Profiling the perpetrators of past plagues

The ancient pathogens in old graves are as dead as the people they once infected. Still, they tell a vivid tale.

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Infectious disease: Making — and breaking — the animal connection

The human hand in fish evolution

Profiling the perpetrators of past plagues

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