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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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Life, Unbounded
Having an Existential Crisis? It Could be Worse, and Weirder
Living on a small planet in a big universe exposes us to all manner of existential problems, but what are the worst, and what are the weirdest?
Tetrapod Zoology
The Galliwasps
Diploglossines – popularly called galliwasps – are an extant group of anguid lizards that inhabit South and Central America as well as the Antilles (Anguidae is the group that includes alligator lizards, slow-worms, glass lizards and kin)...
PsySociety
Decoding Trump-Mania: The Psychological Allure of Hating Political Correctness, Part 3
Fans of Donald Trump praise his dedication to unfiltered honesty. But what exactly is it about the idea of being "anti-PC" that appeals to so many people?
The Artful Amoeba
Were the First Flowers Aquarium Plants?
The identity of Earth's first flower has long vexed botanists. A new interpretation of an old fossil adds to the evidence that they may have come from the water.
Extinction Countdown
Killer Starfish Threaten Fish That Walks on Handlike Fins
A recent survey found just 79 spotted handfish in the waters off Tasmania
Food Matters
For Ebola, Traditional Healers and a More Inclusive Approach
To prevent Ebola, some recommended a combination of raw onions and coffee consumed for three consecutive days. Others suggested that mixtures including herbs, tree bark, condensed milk, Nescafe, hot chocolate, and sugar were effective for prevention and treatment of the virus...
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The Problem with Experimenting with Megan Amram
A critique of "Experimenting with Megan Amram," a show produced by Amy Poehler's Smart Girls at the Party.
Rosetta Stones
Live-Blogging Richard Waitt's In the Path of Destruction II: Ominous Swelling Edition
Our epic liveblog of Richard Waitt's In the Path of Destruction continues! In this edition, we'll cover the very long Chapter 4: "Bulge," in which the volcano begins to swell ominously, and a lot of very foolish people parade to the summit of Mount Saint Helens...
Symbiartic
It's Like a Labor Day Fable
It's like a Labour Day fable. Few artists could be more important to what this day stands for than Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. Let's take a look at how science and technology appear in a famously destroyed and re-created painting...
Symbiartic
When a PaleoArtist Doodles in the Margins
Our September SciArt Blitz is bringing you new science-inspired art every day this month, and of course we always enjoy featuring work from the rich ecosystem of paleoartists. When Emily Willoughby returned to class in the past couple of weeks, she did want most visual thinkers do: she doodled in her notebook...
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