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Friday, 31 July, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic
School beckons for our treasured little germ factories
Lessons from countries that have reopened classrooms successfully will be vital
Tuesday, 14 July, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic
An airborne virus is a threat worth taking seriously
Scientists are questioning whether droplets can explain all cases of coronavirus transmission
Monday, 6 July, 2020

Disease control and prevention
Immunity sampling might have slowed Covid-19
Blood samples from children in Madagascar enabled predictions of a measles epidemic
Tuesday, 23 June, 2020

FT SeriesSummer Books 2020
Summer books of 2020: Health
Anjana Ahuja selects her best mid-year reads
Wednesday, 17 June, 2020

Coronavirus: free to read
The long road to a Covid-19 vaccine
The world is waiting for a breakthrough that will allow a return to normality but there are possible risks attached
Tuesday, 16 June, 2020

Disease control and prevention
The two-metre rule and other imperfect Covid-19 risk calculations
A fixation on specific distances encourages a false, binary distinction between safety and danger
Wednesday, 3 June, 2020

FT Books Essay
How medical tech is transforming the human body in life — and death
Three new books show how science is pushing at the limits of our mortality
Friday, 29 May, 2020

ExplainerWorld5 min
Coronavirus: how to stop a second wave
The science behind easing lockdown restrictions while allowing economies to reopen
Wednesday, 27 May, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic
To beat Covid-19, find today’s superspreading ‘Typhoid Marys’
A more informative factor than R is the ‘dispersion parameter’ known as k
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Tuesday, 19 May, 2020

Education
UK’s claim it ‘follows the science’ eroded trust
Government errors now haunt every step to normality, including reopening schools
Monday, 11 May, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic
Infecting volunteers with Covid-19 may speed up vaccine
The pandemic is prompting scientists to recalculate what counts as reasonable risk
Friday, 24 April, 2020

Lunch with the FT
Richard Horton: ‘It’s the biggest science policy failure in a generation’
The Lancet editor on Britain’s response to coronavirus — and being labelled a pariah
Tuesday, 21 April, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic
Data gathering can liberate us from a longer lockdown
The return of a virus spells trouble if a high percentage of the population remains susceptible to it
Wednesday, 8 April, 2020

ReviewCoronavirus pandemic
Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs
Michael Osterholm’s persuasive blueprint demands a rethink for the post-coronavirus era
Tuesday, 7 April, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic
Anjana Ahuja: How to crowdfund a moonshot
To source an antiviral, we must first know the shape of the foe
Monday, 30 March, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic
Scientists seek reason why Covid-19 has less impact on children
In Sars also, the young were susceptible to infection but their illnesses were milder
Friday, 27 March, 2020

Life & Arts
Can behavioural science slow the spread of Covid-19?
Social distancing has proven a challenge for an innately social species
Monday, 16 March, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus strategy tests UK’s reputation for science
The instinct to shut society down, as China did with Wuhan, is not cost-free to public health
Wednesday, 11 March, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus could force difficult choices on health systems
The discomfiting idea that some people belong at the front of the queue is already codified
Friday, 28 February, 2020

ObituaryKatherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson, pioneering Nasa mathematician, 1918-2020
A human ‘computer’ who broke colour barriers and was essential to early space flight
Thursday, 13 February, 2020

Science books
Five books that explain viruses and how they spread
Here’s what to read to understand the coronavirus outbreak in the context of history
Monday, 10 February, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic
With coronavirus, men are more vulnerable
Differences in immune function appear to start straight out of the womb
Monday, 10 February, 2020

AnalysisSpecial Report2 min
Curbing the great sand grab
Up to 50bn tonnes of sand is being mined every year, according to the UN
Friday, 7 February, 2020

ReviewScience books
The Great Pretender — undercover mission that shook psychiatry
Gripping tale of a psychologist who faked madness to infiltrate 1970s mental hospitals
Tuesday, 4 February, 2020

Big Data
The promise of synthetic data
Improvements in machine learning and computing power make it a technology to watch