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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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How to Hold Your Own Board Meeting
How to put together a board meeting for your personal brand.
The Urban Scientist
#DispatchesDNLee 2015 Week 7 Recap
Recaps from the field #DispatchesDNLee 2015. I share my week in tweets and pictures from Tanzania, researching giant pouched rats and living far from home. Here is Week 7. (And stop by and leave a heart, +1, Like, or follow my amazing intern who has been curating my tweets weekly, CaT Bobino - @IntheKnowShow )...
PsySociety
Decoding Trump-Mania: The Psychological Allure of Hating Political Correctness, Part 2
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?
Cocktail Party Physics
Physics Week in Review: August 15, 2015
A nifty ferrofluid clock, dark matter might be a superfluid, and stunning photographs of the Perseid meteor shower are among this week's physics highlights.
Symbiartic
Life on Mars Will Mess with Your Head
Sure, you've experienced Eastern time, Pacific time and Greenwich Mean Time, but what's it like to live on Martian time?
PsySociety
Decoding Trump-Mania: The Psychological Allure of Hating Political Correctness, Part 1
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?
Anecdotes from the Archive
Miniature Locomotive for War Work, 1915
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: August 14, 1915
Observations
To Play or Not to Play the Exoplanet Name Game?
Campaigns to name exoplanets seem like Shakespearean farce
The Urban Scientist
Weekend To Do: Apply for the Science Writers 2015 Diversity Travel Fellowship
Announcing the 2015 DiverseScholar National Association of Science Writers (NASW) Diversity Travel Fellowship. Sponsored by a generous NASW Idea Grant , these travel awards (10 at $1,000 each) were created to encourage underrepresented minorities in science journalism to attend the ScienceWriters2015 conference (October 9-13; Cambridge, MA)...
Illusion Chasers
Dali's reinterpretation of Rembrandt's Self-Portrait
Salvador Dalí always thought of himself as a replacement for his older brother, who had died before the famous painter was born. Dalí’s theory is strengthened by the fact that his older brother had also been named Salvador...
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