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
Animals that are designed to be drinkers
As evidence mounts against mammograms, Uruguay still requires women to be screened.
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...
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.
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...
The first theory proposed to explain the universe's strangest galaxies has had impressive staying power
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...
In their new book, the artist and filmmaker Ceri Levy paint a picture of the world’s most critically endangered species
What happens when we meet our heroes? One graduate student arranged a meeting with reclusive mathematician Alexander Grothendieck and found out.
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...