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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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Dwarf Hamsters Hold Their Drink
Animals that are designed to be drinkers
Cross-Check
When Mammograms Are Mandatory
As evidence mounts against mammograms, Uruguay still requires women to be screened.
Life, Unbounded
Cassini Reveals That Enceladus Is Embraced by a Web of Cracks
The Cassini mission's third-from-last flyby of the icy moon Enceladus reveals that a highly complex network of thin cracks covering the surface extend all the way into the northern polar region...
Anecdotes from the Archive
Electronics Fight Submarines, 1915
Reported in Scientific American , this Week in World War I: October 16, 1915 By October 1915 German submarines had sunk about 750,000 tons of merchant shipping.
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Robot Lizards Used to Address Evolutionary Questions
One of the reasons for the incredible breadth in the appearance of animals is to help individuals mate with the right species. This is one evolutionary process that causes differences between populations of animals and that can eventually lead to the formation of new species...
Dark Star Diaries
Why Colliding Galaxies Never Go out of Style
The first theory proposed to explain the universe's strangest galaxies has had impressive staying power
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The Path to Scientific Illustration
The leading professional organization for natural science illustrators is conducting a survey on how their authoritative Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration is used by professionals and enthusiasts...
Extinction Countdown
Nextinction: Ralph Steadman Goes Gonzo for Endangered Birds
In their new book, the artist and filmmaker Ceri Levy paint a picture of the world’s most critically endangered species
Roots of Unity
A Close Encounter with Grothendieck and His Fence
What happens when we meet our heroes? One graduate student arranged a meeting with reclusive mathematician Alexander Grothendieck and found out.
Rosetta Stones
Castles, Kings and Ice: A Whirlwind Tour of Latvian Geology
Our own RQ tormented me a little bit this summer. She kept sending nifty tidbits of geology from her summer excursions in Latvia. And she's got lots! By popular demand*, we're going to have a super-swift overview of Latvian geologic yumminess, with the promise of more where that comes from...
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