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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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Extinction Countdown
25 Possible New Extinctions: Hawaiian Plants, Madagascar Orchids, Chilean Water Frog
All of these species have been assessed as critically endangered at best, extinct at worst
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My Love Affair With Relativity
I was introduced to the Einstein field equations three decades ago as a naïve undergraduate—and was smitten at once by their beauty and simplicity
Food Matters
Talkin' "Turkey": The Linguistic Link Between the Bird and the Country
Awkward conversations can be as much of an annual Thanksgiving tradition as food, family, friends, and football. For those wanting to avoid subjects too political or too personal, consider chatting about what the deal is with a country and a bird having the exact same name. Safer than some subjects, this Turkey/turkey topic is still subject to dispute, as there are differing explanations for the name...
Plugged In
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions dropped in nearly every state over the last 8 years.
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), per capita CO2 emissions from energy-related activities dropped in 47 states and the District of Columbia between 2005 and 2013. In terms of total emissions, 42 states saw reductions over the same time period...
Rosetta Stones
Rumors of Mount St. Helens Being Extra Explodey Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
I'm so sorry if any bubbles get burst by this news, but Mount St. Helens isn't really more explosive than we thought. She's still pretty much the same. I mean, yeah, she'll erupt again...
MIND Guest Blog
Black Friday: The Jury is Still Deliberating
Halloween decorations have been taken down, costumes have been stowed away and all of the candy corn has been eaten. Americans are now preparing for their next major holiday—Black Friday...
Plugged In
Deep De-Carbonization Would Increase Electricity Costs 20–90 Percent, Says J.P. Morgan
Analysis by one of the world's leading financial institutions estimates the cost-emissions tradeoffs of different electricity futures in Germany and California
Guest Blog
The Dawn of the Space Mining Age
New legislation and interest from a number of private ventures could lead to extraction of valuable minerals from asteroids—and sooner than you might think
Symbiartic
"Thing Explainer" Explains All the Things!
Randall Munroe, author of "What If?" and the creator of XKCD, has a new book explaining complex processes and machines with the thousand words people use most often.
The Urban Scientist
Scientists versus #Cucumbers--No Lab is Safe
First, cucumbers terrorized your pet cats. Now they are wreaking havoc in the lab. Parody
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