Perspectives

The latest episode of the “Show Me the Science” podcast looks at the new, highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, and how scientists are working to determine whether it evades vaccines and to identify strategies to stay safe.

Everyone knows the past is gone, but now the past’s future feels lost too. I hope it’s not, but I can’t shake the feeling, writes Ian Bogost.

Efforts to improve transparency and convey information to the public are an effective policy measure that encourages COVID-19 vaccinations, writes the Brown School’s Michal Grinstein-Weiss.

Historian Peter Kastor in Arts & Sciences discusses his latest project, which aims, through both a book and a database, to reconstruct and understand the federal government at the moment of its creation.

Children as young as 5 years old can now get a COVID-19 vaccine. And that is fantastic news, writes Michael Kinch, an internationally recognized leader in cancer prevention.

In her new book, performance studies scholar Julia Walker in Arts & Sciences shows how modern ways of thinking emerged from five styles of acting.

This episode of the “Show Me the Science” podcast discusses the expanding availability of booster vaccines in the fight against COVID-19.

The student video project “WashU Between the Lines,” which launched in 2020, offers personal stories and encourages students to really get to know one another. New episodes posted recently.

Rachel Sachs, a health policy and drug law expert at the School of Law, discusses federal legislation that seeks to control drug prices on “Tradeoffs,” a national health policy podcast — and what the measure could mean for patients, insurers and pharmaceutical companies.

The one thing that is easy to see is that we did not need a new pipeline. So Spire is misleading the public, writes anthropology’s Bret Gustafson.