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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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Climate Change Means More Immigrants Over the U.S.–Mexican Border, Regardless of a Wall
A wall between the U.S. and Mexico won't keep immigrants out, and climate change will intensify pressure northward
The Artful Amoeba
An Anglerfish Discovered, Thanks to an Oil Spill
Let it not be said that nothing good ever came from an oil spill, as this newly described species of deep-sea anglerfish shows
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Memory Mondays: "Regression Therapy" Isn't Real, but Hollywood Keeps the Myth Alive
The science behind one of Freud’s most pernicious fables
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Holiday Gift Guide: Women in STEM Fields Dolls and Action Figures
This year's expanded range of options could mark a sea change in representations of women and girls with an interest in the sciences
Extinction Countdown
Northern White Rhino Dies, Leaving Just Three on the Planet
This weekend’s death of 41-year-old Nola in San Diego pushes the species even closer to extinction
Anthropology in Practice
Our Language of Refusal Reveals a Shifting Stance on Prejudice
The ways in which we're speaking out against Syrian refugees indicates that we are redefining prejudicial discourse
Extinction Countdown
Amazon Trees Face Extinction Crisis, but There's Hope
Existing protected areas could help prevent hundreds if not thousands of extinctions, according to new research
Anecdotes from the Archive
"Primitive Warfare" in 1915
Reported in Scientific American , this Week in World War I: November 20, 1915 Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary on May 23, 1915. It did not go well.
Cross-Check
Is Lawrence Krauss a Physicist, or Just a Bad Philosopher?
Physicist Lawrence Krauss, who disparages philosophy, acted like a bad philosopher in a recent debate.
Tetrapod Zoology
The Events of TetZooCon 2015
On Saturday 14th November 2015, a crowd of friends, associates, notable persons and Tet Zoo readers gathered at the London Wetland Centre, Barnes, London, to attend the second-ever TetZooCon, organised by TetZoopodcats/Tetrapodcats Naish and Conway...
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