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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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Beautiful Minds
Does College Admissions Criteria Capture Creativity?
New research suggests that we may be actively penalizing our most creative students.
The Urban Scientist
#BlackLivesMatter but Does Black Tech Expertise Matter, too?
My thoughts on timeing of Twitter's @BlackBirds & #AskDeRay activity in light of the critiques of Leslie Miley, for engineer for the organization, and the general Diversity environment in Tech and STEM in general...
Extinction Countdown
Stowaway Snail Helps Save Species from Extinction
One tiny (and hungry) Chittenango ovate amber snail that snuck into a university lab has revealed hidden truths about a critically endangered species
Anecdotes from the Archive
The Phonograph Goes to War, 1915
Reported in Scientific American , this Week in World War I: November 6, 1915 Thomas Edison invented the Phonograph in 1877: a handy tabletop device that could play music for a small group of listeners...
Observations
Is "Protecting" Mars from Contamination a Half-Baked Idea?
Our fear of contaminating the Red Planet with Earth microbes is hampering our search for life there
Cross-Check
When Naïve Realism Collides with Postmodernism
A scientific realist defends his faith against Fire in the Mind, a classic work of postmodern science journalism.
Dog Spies
Why Do Dogs Do That? 2 Ways to Find Out This Saturday
Get scientific about dogs, from the comfort of your pajamas
The Artful Amoeba
The World's Largest Mining Operation Is Run by Fungi
If you sift the mineral particles from conifer forest soil, wash them, and examine them under a microscope, you will discover a startling detail: tiny tunnels.
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The Arctic Paradox Poses Questions about Sustainable Development
Call it a contradiction of glacial proportions—an Arctic paradox. The world pushes for stronger protective measures to curb climate change scientists say is accelerating the destruction of the Arctic—melting ice sheets, thawing frozen soil and threatening the iconic polar bear. Call it plan A...
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Escaped Escargot
A comic about European garden snails and citizen science at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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