A software tool creates flexible epidemiological simulations of evolving pathogens and shows how competition limits evolution.

RNA viruses like SARS-CoV-2 have a high mutation rate, which contributes to their rapid evolution. The rate of mutations depends on the mutation type (e.g., A→C, A→G, etc.) and can vary between sites ...

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In early 2024, an unprecedented outbreak of H5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza was detected in dairy cattle in the USA. The epidemic remains uncontrolled, with spillbacks into poultry, wild birds...

Beginning in early 2021, unique and highly divergent lineages of SARS-CoV-2 were sporadically found in wastewater sewersheds using a sequencing strategy focused on the most mutagenic region of SARS-Co...

In four studies, Kelly and Sharot reveal that web-browsing both reflects and affects mental health. Poorer mental health leads to more negative content consumption, which in turn worsens mood. Highlig...

Global network data: The ‘nicer’ alternative to X is fortifying its presence in fields that range from philosophy to chemistry, finance, and beyond.

Phage genomes are readily engineered using retron recombineering.