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
A new film shows how essential female scientists and engineers are to India’s burgeoning space program
Human colonization of space would be terrifyingly hard, and that's the best thing about it
The Oscar-nominated film illuminates just one group of women whose contributions have long gone unrecognized
It's "convergence"—the fact that seemingly disparate areas of science are fundamentally linked
If life can thrive miles underground on Earth, it might be able to thrive in the subsurface on other worlds
What's happening in the universe?
Astronomers will soon start looking at Beta Pictoris for 300 days without blinking to find out what's responsible for a mysterious series of dimmings
The 7-planet system of TRAPPIST-1 is remarkable in many ways, including its size
The answer is pretty straightforward: turn to private industry
He abandoned the idea of a static, nonexpanding universe in 1929—but some physicists are beginning to reconsider it