As reports about the first cases of coronavirus started emerging from China, information about the virus – alongside rumours about its origins, virality, and potential lethality – began to spread ...

Building a better encyclopedia requires consensus and neutrality, but behind the scenes, editors wrangle with the pandemic's most contentious question. Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a ...

Scientists say tracking page views has helped them spot emerging outbreaks Wikipedia page views can predict disease outbreaks nearly a month before official health advice, a team of US scientists says ...

Welcome to Source Notes, a Future Tense column about the internet’s knowledge ecosystem. While Wikipedia is not generally thought of as a source for breaking news, it is enjoying a prolonged period of ...

If you see commercial ads the next time you look something up on Wikipedia, it doesn’t mean the online encyclopedia has decided to turn a profit — it possibly means your web browser has been infected ...

An online advocacy group has claimed the government of Iran is blocking access to Wikipedia following unrest over its handling of Covid-19. An activist group said Wikipedia’s Farsi-language website ...

Is Wikipedia the antidote to what's wrong with the internet? It is a big question, but Katherine Maher – chief steward of the greatest collection of knowledge in the entire history of human ...