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
Seasonal respite from the pandemic will depend on what happens indoors, not just outdoors
Western governments and NGOs are grappling with their own outbreaks, leaving African nations largely on their own
Here are pandemic news highlights for the week
We can’t visit the dying in hospitals, and we can’t gather for funerals—but technology can lessen the pain
A new tool gauges the danger that someone may be infected with COVID-19 in groups of different sizes
We need to get patients out of the hospital as quickly as possible if we want them to heal
The COVID-19 pandemic can damage the aging brain both directly and indirectly
Special report: How the coronavirus pandemic started, where it’s headed, and how scientists are fighting back
Human lives, human touch and direct human interactions are gone—and so is the sense that we can trust our leaders to act quickly and effectively in the face of a catastrophe
High-speed sequencing technology, placed strategically in urban hospitals, could flag a new pathogen before it has a chance to spread widely