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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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Tetrapod Zoology
Jurassic World and the Build a Better Fake Theropod Project
Indominus rex , imaginary genetic chimaera and star of the movie Jurassic World . A little movie called Jurassic World has just hit cinemas, you might have heard of it.
Illusion Chasers
VOTE NOW for the Best Illusion of the Year--Until Friday, 7 P.M. Only!
Worldwide voting is now open to choose the Best Illusion of the Year, for 24 hours only, until 7 P.M. EDT, June 12. Go to the Best Illusion of the Year Contest Web site and choose your favorite illusion from the Top 10 finalists!...
Anthropology in Practice
Context Matters When It Comes to Travel Time
People will often feel that the return trip covering the same geographical distance requires less time to complete. It doesn't. When all factors are equalized--same distance, traveling at approximately the same speed, no external delays, roughly the same number of rest stops--the duration of the return trip will be almost identical to the original journey...
Extinction Countdown
Alaska's Rare Alexander Archipelago Wolves Nearly Wiped Out in 1 Year
Only about 60 of these now critically-endangered wolves remain on Prince of Wales Island
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A Climate Change Data Visualization Gains National Landmark Status
A graph that plots rising CO2 over the decades has always been a lesser known icon in demonstrating the reality of global warming.
Beautiful Minds
How Is Creativity Differentially Related to Schizophrenia and Autism?
Autism and schizophrenia are related to different forms of creativity
Symbiartic
Support PaleoArt with the Jurassic World Challenge
Dinosaurs are as electrifying to the public as they have ever been, and the revival of the the Jurassic Park movies with director Colin Trevorrow's Jurassic World is a lightning rod.&..
Observations
75-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Soft Tissue Suggests Ancient Organic Preservation May Be Common
Researchers have found what appear to be collagen fibers and blood cells in unremarkable-looking fossils
Frontiers for Young Minds
Being Lactose Intolerant in the Land of Cheese and Chocolate
Considering that ~65% of humans have trouble digesting lactose, one would think that the standard method for figuring out which products will or won't cause you days of pain would be more sophisticated than "give it a try."...
Cross-Check
Cancer Spending Higher in U.S. Than in Europe--and So Is Cancer Mortality
A new study shows that the U.S. spends far more than Europe on cancer care but has a higher mortality rate for lung cancer, the leading killer
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