There’s one kind of herpesvirus that’s specific to one species of primate, and each virus split off from the herpesvirus family tree when the primate split off from its own tree. But of course, humans are a special kind of primate.

Viruses keep jumping out of nature and into humans and getting us very sick in the process. So why do zoonotic spillovers like SARS-CoV-2 happen, and why are they becoming more frequent? We asked an expert.

The most likely cause of the next pandemic will be the “spillover” of a disease from one of a select group of animals with particular immune system traits and interactions with humans.

Mr. Clifford's 60 second explanation of positive externalities (aka: spillover benefits). Notice that there are two different demand curves. One is the marginal private benefit which ignores the spillover benefits of flu shots and the...

Paul Chichester, director of operations at the U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre, discusses how the agency deals with threats against critical infrastructure, businesses, government agencies and the public.

Social good can be directly integrated into free market capitalism, it just takes a bit of a balancing act - Lord Turner.

In economics, the way you introduce a concept will make or break a lesson. I try to avoid using the boring examples is the textbook. Here is a quick example of how I introduce the concept of externalities using AXE body spray.