Masks and Emasculation: Why Some Men Refuse to Take Safety Precautions
They think it makes them look weak, and avoiding that is evidently more important to them than demonstrating responsible behavior
They think it makes them look weak, and avoiding that is evidently more important to them than demonstrating responsible behavior
Phil Anderson’s article “More Is Different” describes how different levels of complexity require new ways of thinking. And as the virus multiplies and spreads, that’s just what the human race desperately needs...
The pandemic is no excuse to abandon chronic disease management and prevention
The volcanoes on other worlds make our wildest fire mountains look positively tame
The House of Representatives has taken the first step toward honoring a pioneering woman in astronomy
It could be possible, at least to some degree, with a novel system involving aerogel
It lets aerospace engineers develop high-quality parts much faster than they could with traditional fabrication methods
What do these things have in common? They’re all important for astrobiology
A lab at the University of Cambridge is looking for materials that have weird quantum properties at the coldest temperatures possible
Modern physicists continue to enshrine the split between the heavens and the earth perceived by our ancestors
It may not be smart to add more, but nature probably beat us to it anyway
A gift led me to think about an old geologic controversy
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