Ethan Siegel

Just as we knew that a common fear from 2008, that "the LHC could create black holes that destroy the Earth," was unfounded, we also know that any particle physics experiment we perform on Earth won't give rise to any of those dire consequences that ...

For a very long time, after speaking with an enormous number of virologists and experts in related, adjacent fields — from the pandemic’s early days up through to the present — I’ve been someone who’s asserted that we can be certain that SARS-CoV-2, ...

For a very long time, after speaking with an enormous number of virologists and experts in related, adjacent fields, I’ve been someone who’s asserted that we can be certain that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, definitively spilled over fr...