On reading Research must do no harm: new guidance addresses all studies relating to people. Nature, 2022. The Rock of Monaco seen from the botanical garden at Menton by Robert Mauchant (1893-1970) This is a very interesting editorial from Nature. In their own words ‘the guidance encourages authors, reviewers and editors to respect the dignity...

On reading Characterization of highly pathogenic clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 mink influenza viruses, by T Maemura, L Guan, C Gu, A Eisfeld, A Biswas, P Halfmann, G Neumann and Y Kawaoka. eBioMedicine 2023;97: 104827 October 2023.   Mediterranean coast by French watercolorist Ernest Designolle (1850-1941)   The dominant influenza A viruses circulating among birds and chickens...

On reading ‘The epistemic value of gain of function experiments,’ by Arturo Casadevall, Ferric. C. Fang and Michael J. Imperiale. mSphere 2023.   Still life, 1975 by André Lwoff. Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine 1965 along with Jacques Monod and François Jacob.   This article emphasizes the need to use words precisely; to make...