Quadram Institute provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis has long presented researchers with a paradox. It has been associated with colorectal ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Managers often undermine their authority by over-explaining decisions, apologizing for ...

Eanna Fennell receives funding from the Irish Research Council and Horizon Europe. Over 95% of the world’s adult population is infected with Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), but most people never realise it.

Health officials in southern China are waging war on mosquitoes as the government tries to fight the spread of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus. Most people infected with the virus develop ...

A virus that is big enough to be seen under an ordinary light microscope co-opts its host’s systems with the help of potentially purloined genes. The researchers found that the virus makes a complex ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a travel warning for Americans headed to the Seychelles over an outbreak of chikungunya diseasre virus. The CDC’s Level 2 travel ...

Norovirus, which is most often spread through contaminated food or water, has been making its rounds again during the winter season. While the symptoms can hit hard and fast, the small silver lining ...

The Wikimedia Foundation suffered a security incident today after a self-propagating JavaScript worm began vandalizing pages and modifying user scripts across multiple wikis.

If you identify as a serial over-explainer, there are two things you should know: first, that you’re not alone. An over-explaining habit is one of the most common protective strategies people use ...

Depending on which numbers you watch, the Covid-19 pandemic either shows some signs of easing or is growing much worse. Both things can be true at once, though that doesn’t make for the tidiest public ...