Publications by Philip Ball

The mind of God? The problem with deifying Stephen Hawking

Prospect 1 March 2021. Available here.

Caution over [vaccine] blood-clotting is sensible. Panic is not

Prospect 15 April 2021. Available here.

Don’t be fooled: Covid won’t be cured by a panacea

The Guardian, 26 March 2021. Available here.

After the Nobel, what next for Crispr gene-editing therapies?

The Observer 21 February 2021. Available here.

Vaccines alone will not eliminate Covid

Prospect 24 February 2021. Available here.

The two new vaccines give cause for hope – but not carelessness

Prospect, 2 February 2021. Available here.

Covid-19: the unofficial inquiry

With Tom Clark and Gaby Hinsliff. Prospect 26 January 2021. Available here.

Variant B117: what we know about the new coronavirus mutation

Prospect 4 January 2021. Available here.

What you need to know about the coronavirus vaccine

Prospect 4 December 2020. Available here.

The second lockdown buys us time. We must use it

[Narrator: They did not.] Prospect 3 November 2021. Available here.