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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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Food Matters
Save The Date: Preventing Heirloom Date Palm Extinction in Egypt's Siwa Oasis
It may sound counter-intuitive, but the best way to protect a local crop extolled since the time of the Pharaohs is to eat them
Plugged In
Why the VW #DieselGate Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg, Part 2
The scandal widens for the automotive industry
Symbiartic
No Talons? No Problem
These songbirds have figured out a way to feast like raptors despite their biology
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How a Neurotoxin in Crabs Causes Brain Damage
High levels of domoic acid in Dungeness and rock crabs has led to a fishing ban by the California Fish and Game Commission
Cross-Check
How Should the U.S. Respond to Terror?
By responding violently to terror attacks, the U.S. and its allies may exacerbate the problem they are trying to solve.
Illusion Chasers
The Neural Activity Patterns That Make Us Hallucinate
Hallucinations may arise from both imprecise sensory information and cognitive bias
The Artful Amoeba
The Adorable Alabama Whirligig Beetle That Eluded Entomologists
Whirligig beetles are not obscure -- not only are they abundant and widespread, they call attention to themselves in the boldest possible way. And yet a new species has just been discovered in our very own back yard...
Anecdotes from the Archive
Clearing Explosives, 1915
Reported in Scientific American , this Week in World War I: November 13, 1915 The first two months of World War I saw intense, desperate fighting between French and German armies in Alsace-Lorraine...
Life, Unbounded
500-Million-Year-Old Brains and Life in the Universe
A new study provides substantial support for earlier claims of 520-million-year-old arthropod brain systems, raising interesting questions about the nature of brains, life and intelligence in the cosmos...
Plugged In
Women today still make up substantially less than half of the U.S. workforce in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, and in the clean energy sector
Since 2012, as a part of the Clean Energy Education & Empowerment Initiative (C3E) initiative, I have been honored to serve as one of some 37 “Clean Energy Ambassadors” – both women and men – who are supporting greater engagement by women in the clean energy sector in the U.S...
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