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
Yesterday, the journal Nature published a short science fiction story that I wrote to explore the concept that we create reality in our own brains, irrespective of what the world outside may be like...
A tiny worm called Steinernema can fling itself nearly ten times its own length and seven times its height in pursuit of a new host.
The Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project in Borneo is besieged and under threat from raging forest fires
A balanced look at the cats vs. cucumbers craze.
Today, we're going to visit another unexpected gift of the lahar that poured from Shoestring Glacier that morning. We'll see 13,000 years of volcanic havoc laid gloriously bare
Jellies are among the Monterey Bay Aquarium's most popular animals—but it takes work to keep the tanks filled
If you ran a race at an average pace of 3:07 per kilometer, did you run any single kilometer in exactly 3:07? Well, it's complicated.
We know that online peer pressure is powerful. But what we don't know is whether that pressure is driving real change
Frontiers for Young Minds hosted its first live review event at the Chabot Space and Science Center as part of the Bay Area Science Festival. Researchers presented their work in 5-minute presentations, and then were questioned by a panel of Young Reviewers – ages 9-17 – in front of a live audience...
Helpful landowners have created new habitats for Delmarva fox squirrel, a species that nearly disappeared 50 years ago