From pathogen research to geoengineering and AI, consequential science is accelerating. Whose hands are on the wheel?

Experiments that make viruses more virulent or contagious present significant risks. Are those risks worth the rewards?

Farmers and health experts say it’s complicated. RFK Jr.’s milk adviser, Mark McAfee, says he’s up for the challenge.

In 2020, Karen Bilotti and her husband, Sam, started to notice fine lines in their basement’s concrete walls. Ordinarily, they might not have given them a second thought. But the Bilottis had recently ...

To receive federal funding, such high-risk work — sometimes called “gain of function” — must be evaluated by a government committee. That committee follows a framework that was influenced by guidance ...

News & Features News features, investigations, and other deeply reported journalism from Undark's contributors. News & Features Rebuilding Louisiana’s Disappearing Delta ...