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
Your phone itself is extremely secure, but that alone can't protect your data
A comprehensive survey of the wind industry shows wind energy is routinely purchased in bulk for just two cents per kilowatt-hour—and turbines are only getting cheaper, bigger, and better...
Five days, 18 kids, nine robots and a whole lot of plastic bricks
In an excerpt from his new book, an MIT physicist explores the next stage of human evolution
Dams, reservoirs, canals and safe drinking water matter for absolutely everyone
Using satellites to better understand how diseases spread
Scientists have edited a human embryo, but we’re not in scary scifi territory by a long shot
Rather than each carrying its own “brain,” they could share a single, remote one
Research labs should take a page from the tech companies
Shannon, a pioneer of artificial intelligence, thought machines can think but doubted they "would take over”