https://www.scmp.com/rss/505275/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Imagine an alien creature floating in space. It doesn’t grow, communicate or move at all under its own steam. Without a home it is inert. We know very little about it, except that it will start reproducing when it enters the atmosphere of a planet that suits it. Is it living? Is it dangerous? This may not sound like a plausible being, but it pretty much describes viruses, which are little more than bits of genetic material able to replicate only when inside a host. Viruses may seem alien, but... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3075785/viruses-arent-just-threat-public-health-they-are?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3075785/viruses-arent-just-threat-public-health-they-are?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:00:16 +0000