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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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Help Make Wearable Cellular Automata a Thing
Fabienne Serriere wants to hack an industrial knitting machine to make cellular automata scarves, and you can back her project on Kickstarter.
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"Clear and Unanimous" Recommendation for Heathrow Expansion Isn't Unanimously Convincing
Expanding Heathrow is the best answer to the airport capacity problem in the United Kingdom, according to the United Kingdom’s Airports Commission, published Wednesday. This conclusion was “clear and unanimous” amongst commission members. But, not all are convinced...
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Expanding Illusory Perception to Microbes in the Gut
Can the output of the critters in your gut make your world illusory? Yes. And gassy, too.
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Is It Time to Rethink Life-without-Parole Sentencing?
If violent criminal tendencies peak during the teen years and seldom extend to midlife, should we still lock people up and throw away the key?
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How Precision Medicine Will Transform Cancer Treatment
Nobelist Harold Varmus on the promise of a new generation of cancer treatments—and the big challenges that remain
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U.S. Solar Is Producing 50 Percent More Electricity Than We Thought
California, Arizona and Hawaii can now say that solar provides more than 5 percent of their total annual electricity demand
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Are We Too Afraid of Nuclear Weapons?
"Optimists" argue that our fears of nuclear weapons have been "alarmist" and counter-productive.
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Hell on the Coral Reef
In a unique stylistic choice in the history of fine art, angsty Symbolist painter Jean Delville chose to depict an allegorical Satan dominating his treasured souls while standing on a coral reef. ...
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The Plot Thickens--More on Antibiotics and Obesity
More bad news on the link between antibiotics and obesity
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Toy Stories and Climate Change
Parents are making increasing demands on the sustainability of toys, now to include reduced climate impacts. Manufacturers are scrambling to respond, and to take the "green" lead...
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