Dark, dense and enormous, the forest faces down the ocean. Trees stretch out across the water, limbs straining against the surf bursting into lace along the shore — as if intent on marching out across ...

COVID-19’s danger lay in its invisibility. The SARS-CoV-2 virus is highly contagious and can be passed on by people with light or no symptoms, making it extremely difficult to track and contain. But ...

Since the emergence of COVID-19 in late 2019, the gold standard in testing for the disease has been a nuclear-derived technique: real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction, or real-time ...

Many people will have experienced being unwell with an unknown infection and having to undergo multiple tests to determine the culprit. This sequential process of elimination can be time-consuming and ...