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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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Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer? Probably, but It's Complicated
The degree of risk almost certainly depends on the length and strength of exposure—but we still don't know how significant the actual danger is
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The Human Side of Medical "Match Day"
Every year graduating med students leave their futures up to an algorithm—so what happens afterwards?
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Orlando Massacre Exposes Need for More Gun Control, Not More Counterterrorism
The easy availability of guns poses a much greater threat to Americans than terrorism does
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Why We Should Finish the Human Genome
About one percent of our DNA hasn't yet been mapped--and it could contain information crucial to our functioning and health
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Using Antibiotics on Preterm Infants Increases Antibiotic Resistance
No one should really be shocked by this, although the extent of the increase in antibiotic resistance is troubling. New research looks at the development of the microbiomes in preterm infants...
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A Visual Guide to Antibiotic Resistance
Illustration breaks down the microscopic mechanisms behind a global threat
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The Real Cause of Deadly Medical Errors
Individuals do make lethal mistakes, but the main reason for preventable medical mistakes is a health care system inadequate to the complexities of 21st-century medicine
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Big Data Sleuths Uncover Clues to the Roots of Depression
The daunting complexity of neurological disorders has begun to yield to methods that allow intensive scrutiny of genes and neural circuits
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It's Premature to Conclude That Cell Phones Cause Cancer in Humans
The recent preliminary results from a study by the National Toxicology Program have serious limitations and uncertainties
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