chris baraniuk

Chris Baraniuk

Chris Baraniuk is a freelance science journalist based in Northern Ireland who contributes to The Scientist. He has covered biological and medical science for a range of publications, including the BBC, the BMJ, and Mosaic. He also writes about nature, climate change, and technology. His background in the humanities has long proved invaluable in his quest to bring science stories to people from all walks of life.

Articles by Chris Baraniuk

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Can Animals Get Covid and Should They Be Vaccinated?

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Ancient Mesopotamians Bred Horselike Hybrids

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Kelp Pathogen Has Spread Across the Southern Ocean

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Will Delaying Vaccine Doses Cause a Coronavirus Escape Mutant?

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The Push to Deploy At-Home Antigen Tests for COVID-19

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Does the Common Cold Protect You from COVID-19?

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The Search for Immune Responses that Stop COVID-19

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Bubonic Plague Cases Are No Cause for Panic

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Estimates Vary Widely for Number of Wuhan COVID-19 Cases in January

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Researchers in Brazil Struggle to Get Solid COVID-19 Death Counts

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Countries Begin Large-Scale Screening for SARS-CoV-2 in Sewage

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Receptors for SARS-CoV-2 Present in Wide Variety of Human Cells

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Scientists Scan for Weaknesses in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein

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Chloroquine for COVID-19: Cutting Through the Hype

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February 2025, Issue 1

A Nanoparticle Delivery System for Gene Therapy

A reimagined lipid vehicle for nucleic acids could overcome the limitations of current vectors.

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Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

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From Water Bears to Grizzly Bears: Unusual Animal Models

Sex Differences in Neurological Research

Sex Differences in Neurological Research

New Frontiers in Vaccine Development

New Frontiers in Vaccine Development

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