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
I’m an astrophysicist, but that doesn’t mean I have a motivation to debunk them
An astrophysicist traces genealogy and art history to discover the origin of the famous motto
The “cosmic censorship” hypothesis says they shouldn’t exist—but is it possible that we’ve already detected them and misinterpreted their nature?
Creating poetry with the fundamental theorem of arithmetic
These are startling times, but there’s a way out
The mystery of dirt’s origins is a thorny experimental problem
Call it the Science Readiness Reserves—a group that will anticipate and prepare for rare but disastrous events such as pandemics, asteroid strikes, and more
An outbreak in Italy in the 1630s forced him to find new ways of doing his research and connecting with his family
Perron-Frobenius theorem and linear algebra have many virtues to extol
How do you return a piece of asteroid to Earth? Practice