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Masks and Emasculation: Why Some Men Refuse to Take Safety Precautions
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How a Landmark Physics Paper from the 1970s Uncannily Describes the COVID-19 Pandemic
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...
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The Fight against COVID-19 Threatens to Cause Collateral Health Damage
The pandemic is no excuse to abandon chronic disease management and prevention
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Rocket Launches Are Actually Surprisingly Successful
The recent SpaceX launchpad explosion is a reminder that rocketry is tricky, but also remarkable for accomplishing as much as it does
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Have We Detected an Alien Signal? It's Highly Doubtful
A blip of energy picked up by a Russian radio telescope might have been nothing more than a satellite passing overhead—or even a software glitch
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Yes, We've Discovered a Planet Orbiting the Nearest Star but...
...let's not lose our minds
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Proxima Centauri Just Became Our Gateway to the Cosmos
Astronomers obtain convincing evidence of a potentially habitable world around our nearest neighboring star—this could change everything
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World's Smartest Physicist Thinks Science Can't Crack Consciousness
String theorist Edward Witten says consciousness “will remain a mystery”
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The Bump That Wasn't
Despite tantalizing hints, a particle whose existence would suggest a previously unknown force of nature doesn't exist after all
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Squabbling Over the End of Science on Charlie Rose
A televised debate over the limits of science raised a legitimate objection to the claim that there will be no more “fundamental” discoveries
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3 Cosmic Mysteries--No. 2
What are some of the most intriguing and unexpected puzzles about the universe?
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From Physics to Science Fiction
A sci–fi author explains how she made the journey from science to writing
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