Coronavirus Omicron variant: the case for cautious optimism The government is right to act quickly, but vaccines may still be effective – and evolution itself might act in our favour. By Michael Barrett
International Politics Why Keats’s haunting reflections on tuberculosis resonate in the age of Covid-19 By Michael Barrett
England’s chief medical officer on why the drugs don’t work Large-scale resistance to antibiotics is inevitable, yet new antibacterials aren't emerging. Why? By Michael Barrett
The end of nature’s mystery Michael Barrett, a leading research scientist, spends his days stripping life down to its chemical c By Michael Barrett