As reports about the first cases of coronavirus started emerging from China, information about the virus – alongside rumours about its origins, virality, and potential lethality – began to spread ...

Building a better encyclopedia requires consensus and neutrality, but behind the scenes, editors wrangle with the pandemic's most contentious question. Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a ...

When a new respiratory illness began taking hold in China in late 2019, Wikipedia user Dekimasu took notice. In the final days of January 2020, Dekimasu, a professor who confirmed his identity to the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I like telling stories about science, especially genetics, and scientists. A new study out in the PLOS Computational Biology ...

If you see commercial ads the next time you look something up on Wikipedia, it doesn’t mean the online encyclopedia has decided to turn a profit — it possibly means your web browser has been infected ...

Welcome to Source Notes, a Future Tense column about the internet’s knowledge ecosystem. But today’s wealth of Wikipedia content will also be valuable to future parties. As scholar and Wikimedia ...

Welcome to Source Notes, a Future Tense column about the internet’s knowledge ecosystem. While Wikipedia is not generally thought of as a source for breaking news, it is enjoying a prolonged period of ...

Apparently some folks who were visiting Wikipedia saw some annoying banner ads. Not the requests for donations from its founder Jimmy Wales, mind you, but real banner ads promoting things to buy from ...