On: Virus Stole a Human Gene and Won't Let Go of It

Gift link since people were complaining about the NYT paywall - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/science/virus-molluscum-h...

Or if you don't want to share your email address with NYT

https://archive.ph/PpKtR

Do you have to type in your email even with the gift link?

Yep. They recently changed it to require a free account. The days of nytimes gift links being non-enshittified are over.