viruses

New device clips onto smartphone for real-time detection and analysis of diseases

Try not to think about the pathogens already living on your phone.

By Cassidy Ward | 

1 week ago

Rage and disease carriers: The science behind '28 Weeks Later'

Any good therapist will tell you holding onto anger is dangerous. Doubly so if you hunger for flesh.

By Cassidy Ward | 

3 months ago

Band-aids not helping with that infection? Try putting a virus on it

You wouldn't think of a virus as a treatment, but bacteriophages don't want your flesh.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

6 months ago

Viruses body-snatch cells by shapeshifting like it's a micro horror movie

Body snatchers really do exist, in the form of viruses that can shapeshift their RNA to invade victim cells.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

8 months ago

Superpowered immune systems cleared HIV from two patients without treatment

Their immune system punched the virus into the Sun.

By Cassidy Ward | 

8 months ago

Can viruses alter human DNA? The science behind 'The Omega Man'

By Cassidy Ward | 

1 year ago

Some flu viruses might have now gone extinct, and more could go the way of the dinosaurs

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

1 year ago

Why are some people immune to to the pandemic in The Stand or even real-life diseases?

By Cassidy Ward | 

1 year ago

Bond fans note 'No Time to Die' delay is a plot straight outta the 007 baddie playbook

By Josh Weiss | 

2 years ago