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
We can all cast a shadow, but we don't do it often from orbit around alien worlds
Some exoplanets defy easy explanation, a newly discovered world is no exception
Mini-ecosystems on the island's huge ice sheet could help us look for life on the Red Planet
In some domains the two knowledge systems are complementary, but in others they might be headed for conflict...
A Penn bioengineer disputes a recent New York Times report suggesting microwaves accounted for what occurred at the U.S. embassy in Havana
Nearly a century after its founding, physicists and philosophers still don’t know—but they’re working on it...
If we’re limited to existing technology, the task would be daunting, to say the least
What might make life hard to recognize as life?
It’s time to commit to human exploration of Mars
Be careful what you wish for, the universe can look alive when it's not