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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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Four Must-Read Mount St. Helens Books
It seems like entire libraries have been written about the Mount St. Helens eruption. Here are four books well worth reading
Diana Davis’s Beautiful Pentagons
This mathematician turns her research into fashion and toys
Coronavirus Roundup: May 16–May 22
Here are pandemic news highlights for the week
CITES, the Treaty that Regulates Trade in International Wildlife, Is Not the Answer to Preventing Another Zoonotic Pandemic
It has little power to prevent the spread of pathogens to humans
Grief in the Time of COVID-19
We can’t visit the dying in hospitals, and we can’t gather for funerals—but technology can lessen the pain
Online COVID-19 Dashboard Calculates How Risky Reopenings and Gatherings Can Be
A new tool gauges the danger that someone may be infected with COVID-19 in groups of different sizes
COVID-19 Threatens Endangered Species in Southeast Asia
The coronavirus has created a survival crisis for rural communities and, consequently, for wildlife
One of the World’s Most Powerful Scientists Believes in Miracles
NIH director Francis Collins, winner of the 2020 Templeton Prize, answers questions about God, free will, evil, altruism and his Christian faith in a 2006 interview...
Hello, I’m Your Doctor—Please Go Home
We need to get patients out of the hospital as quickly as possible if we want them to heal
A Tsunami of Dementia Could Be on the Way
The COVID-19 pandemic can damage the aging brain both directly and indirectly
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