While in much of Europe the atmosphere is becoming markedly more anxious, with cases on the rise and new restrictions coming in several countries as a second wave rolls over the continent, Sweden,…

In our essay "Chronicle of a Pandemic Foretold," for the July/August issue of Foreign Affairs, we described the struggle against COVID-19 in terms of a baseball game and estimated thatthe United…

In August,IndiasurpassedBrazilandthe United Statesto earn the sad distinction of having the fastest-growing novel coronavirus caseload in the world.Indiahas repeatedly smashed global records of daily…

Latin Americais now the part of the world most affected by COVID-19, both by confirmed cases and by deaths. The region is reeling from overburdened health systems, worsening economic…

When stay-at-home orders were announced in the spring, some people wryly speculated about a COVID-19 baby boom. Social media users even came up with a few suggestions for what this new generation…

The federal government has told states to be ready to distribute doses of a coronavirus vaccine by Nov. 1 _ two days before the election. The move raises major questions we can't answer yet. Is…

On July 19, 2020,a daring mission blasted into the skies taking aim at Mars; the dusty, cold, desert planet that has captured human imagination for centuries. It was the first interplanetary mission…

Everyone expected the PlayStation 5 vs. the Xbox Series X to be the big video game battle of 2020, but it looks like that console war is taking a backseat to a bigger conflict. Epic Games, the…

The development of artificial intelligence was once a largely technical issue, confined to the halls of academia and the labs of the private sector. Today, it is an arena of geopolitical…

The race for a coronavirus vaccine has taken an unexpected turn this week. Ever since this race began, Oxford University of the UK seemed poised to make the first manufactured vaccine. However, the…