BORN AND BRED
Why the King of Planets could help us find life on other planets.
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NIGHTMARE SCENARIO
Global attention is no longer focused on vaccine innovation, leaving open the nightmare scenario that fast mutating COVID will bypass our immunity.
SNAFU
The collapse of COVID-19 testing around the world may soon force governments to get creative with how they monitor infection rates.
DARK SECRETS
It’s a long shot, but it’s also the best chance we’ve got.
FASTER AND FASTER
The speed of mutations has reached a new height, and the subvariants breaking out around the world now are the most transmissible yet.
OPEN LINE
A more specific search could be more fruitful.
CHEST-BURSTER
A simple outpatient procedure could one day link up your thoughts with a computer.
SPIRAL
The current surge sweeping the country threatens to spiral into a dangerous new mutation.
WELP
First identified in the U.K., the ultra-infectious “XE” subvariant could already be spreading undetected in America.
