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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
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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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Mercury Takes a Stroll across the Sun
Mercury passes between Earth and the Sun just 13 times a century, on average—and it's just happened again.
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Golden Eye: Webb Telescope's Giant Mirror Unveiled
Witness the glimmering heart of NASA’s largest-ever space telescope
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Can Starshot Work?
The answer lies in overcoming known and yet-to-be discovered hurdles—it'll be a wild ride
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The Beautiful Complexity of the Cosmic Web
3D interactive visualization lets users explore the vast, hidden structure of the universe
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Alpha Centauri or Bust
Is a new plan to blast nanosatellites to the stars with gigagantic lasers brilliant or crazy—or a little of both?
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SpaceX, That Vision Thing, and Mars
Safely landing a first-stage rocket on a ship opens up "cheap" orbital space, but also shows a path to Mars
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Backstage for the Discovery of Gravitational Waves: An Interview with Janna Levin
The astrophysicist and author talks about her new book, Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space
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Physics Fiction: Quantum Shorts 2015 Winner
Scientific American partnered on a writing contest for science fiction short stories inspired by the realm of quantum physics
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Astrobiology Roundup: 5 Cool Stories
Five intriguing discoveries and recent news items
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The Earliest Flash of a Supernova, Captured for the First Time
For a mission that had a near-death experience in 2013, the Kepler spacecraft continues to do some pretty amazing science
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