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
I’m an astrophysicist, but that doesn’t mean I have a motivation to debunk them
An astrophysicist traces genealogy and art history to discover the origin of the famous motto
The “cosmic censorship” hypothesis says they shouldn’t exist—but is it possible that we’ve already detected them and misinterpreted their nature?
How do you return a piece of asteroid to Earth? Practice
I’m turning 30, and it’s been an amazing journey so far
We should be grateful for the conditions that allow us to exist at all, because they won’t last forever
A final flyby on the way to the inner world
In our conversations, he ventured far and wide across science, literature and politics, offering unorthodox ideas with a bracing self-confidence
The great astrophysicist Fred Hoyle (1915–2001) named the big bang theory but never embraced it...
If we’re going to find extraterrestrials, we need to stop assuming they’ll think like humans