
Sigal Samuel
Senior Reporter
Latest articles by Sigal Samuel


A breakthrough on the “protein folding problem” can help us understand disease and discover new drugs.


The data on how people are giving in 2020 may surprise you.

Pfizer and Moderna have discovered effective vaccines, but some of us will get the shot before others.


From Denmark to the US, outbreaks on mink farms raise concerns that a virus mutation could make our vaccines ineffective.


Meat alternatives are tearing down the idea that eating animals is normal, natural, and necessary.

“It’s so important that we get this right. We don’t have a history of doing this well.”


Brazilians on the edge of the Amazon rainforest are working with cattle ranchers — not against them — to save the climate.


One researcher says we are “playing Russian roulette.”

Which countries have experimented with basic income — and what were the results?


Scientists are developing psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, into a treatment for depression.
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