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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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The Artful Amoeba
Live Exploration Begins Aug. 1 in Deep Hawaiian Waters
August 1 commences a two-month series of live-streamed ROV dives by NOAA's Okeanos Explorer in the deep waters off Hawaii.
Extinction Countdown
Giant Squeaker Frog Gets Ready for Cries of Joy
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Young Scientist Makes Jet Engines Leaner and Cleaner with Plasma
When Felipe Gomez was in high school, he became interested in how you could improve the safety and efficiency of jet engines. Today, Gomez is the sole inventor behind two patents for plasma-assisted fuel injectors...
Food Matters
Looking for Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Bacteria That Make Cheese Delicious
The rinds of aged cheeses are complex, multispecies microbial communities, and they're much easier to study than those found in an animal's gut or in soil
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YouTube's Rock Stars of Science Make a Splash a VidCon
With hundreds of millions of video views, the new faces of science communication are lighting up the web and reaching more young people than Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson combined
Anthropology in Practice
We've Modified Our Behavior So We Can Text and Walk
We may be driving technology to respond to our needs in various areas, but this is one instance where we've definitely demonstrated that we're also adapting to accommodate technological change...
Extinction Countdown
Another Northern White Rhino Dies--and Then There Were 4
The slow countdown to extinction continues for this victimized species
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We Are All Broken
How Mariette Marinus turned a meditation on suffering into a series of animal characters
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Rosetta Stones
Tiger's Eye: A Deceptive Delight
Heyo, it's International Tiger Day! Yeah, I know, we don't do biology around here, but that's okay - I've got just the rock for the occasion: A raw bit of Tiger's Eye! I'll bet you've seen this polished...
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TetZooCon 2015 Is On
I’m very pleased to report that the second Tetrapod Zoology Convention – TetZooCon 2015 – is now definitely happening. Our confirmed date is Saturday 14 th November; the venue is the London Wetland Centre, Barnes, London...
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