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A note from
the editorEmily Wilson
New Scientist editorThere has arguably never been a time
when human health has been higher up
the agenda than now. That is why I am
pleased to announce that my colleagues
have been working on not one, but two
health-related publications that we hope
you will find both fascinating and useful.
The first is the third edition in our
Essential Guides series (following The
Nature of Reality and Artificial Intelligence).
Essential Guide: Human Health has been
guest-edited by Linda Geddes, a
long-time New Scientist contributor
and consultant. She is also the
award-winning author of the books
Bumpology and Chasing the Sun.
Human health may sound like a
big subject, but Linda has done a
brilliant job of focusing on the areas
in which cutting-edge research is
making a profound difference to
our knowledge of what contributes
to a long and healthy life. To order a
copy, just go to shop.newscientist.com.
The second of our new publications is
dedicated to the biggest and most complex
health story we are all dealing with right now:
covid-19. My colleague Catherine de Lange
has produced a special, digital-only edition
of the Essential Guides series about the new
coronavirus. In it, you will find out how the
virus operates and spreads, who is most at risk
of the disease and why, and what the evidence
says about our chances of developing immunity,
plus the latest on progress with treatments and
vaccines. The special issue is available to buy in
the New Scientist International app, which you
can download from the Apple app store.
Finally, an apology. In our 15 August issue,
we ran a two-page article on the Arctic by our
chief reporter Adam Vaughan. Last week, in our
22 August edition, we then ran the first page of
that article again – although, confusingly for
anyone who had missed it the first time round,
not the second page. We are endeavouring to
ensure that such an annoying error cannot
happen again. In the meantime, many apologies.“ Human health is
a big subject, but
our new guide
focuses on the
research making
a difference”