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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...
Observations
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 Urban Scientist
Urban Science Adventure: Make a model landfill (and support science classrooms, too)
What happens after you discard something into the trash can? Does it disappear? Does it simply go away? What happens to it? Well, those questions are the types of real inquiry, practical science that inner-city teachers like Mrs...
Anthropology in Practice
#NYCSciTweetUp Next Thursday, 10/27
The 5th #NYCSciTweetUp will be on 10/27, which is next Thursday! Details on the location have to be finalized, but you can always find the most up-to-date information on the Facebook invite.Special thanks to Bora Zivkovic and John Timmer for handling the details while I've been off of my feet (literally)...
Doing Good Science
#scibloggers4students: DonorsChoose Board of Directors rewards your procrastination
... but only if you manage to actually make a donation before the end of the drive!The DonorsChoose.org Board of Directors is excited about the success of the ongoing Science Bloggers for Students challenge...
Anthropology in Practice
Editor's Selections: Venereal Diseases Galore, Facebook Brains, and Subtitles
Ed Note: Part of my online life includes editorial duties at ResearchBlogging.org, where I serve as the Social Sciences Editor. Each Thursday, I pick notable posts on research in anthropology, philosophy, social science, and research to share on the ResearchBlogging.org News site...
Expeditions
North Pond: Picture Day
Follow Dr. Katrina Edwards, as she explores the microbial life at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean 10-19-2011Remember picture day as a kid? When you or your parent(s) picked out an outfit suitable for that picture that would immortilize your face for that school year?...
History of Geology
On the Track of Ichnology
" We can do nothing . . . that does not leave its impress behind, for good or for evil, for a blessing or a curse,..[] Our footprints are left in whatever we do.
Symbiartic
Unchanging Art Supplies
Technology in art supplies moves fast, and there are tons of amazing ways to enable new creative explorations appearing all the time. Wacom Inkling Pen.
Guest Blog
Italian Seismologists on Trial-for Failing to Communicate Well?
The ground shook violently in L’Aquila, Italy, early in the morning of April 6, 2009, more violently than it had during the tremors the area had been experiencing for months.
A Blog Around The Clock
#scio11 - Data Discoverability: Institutional Support Strategies
Data Discoverability: Institutional Support Strategies from NASW on Vimeo. This is a recording of a session from ScienceOnline2011, the fifth annual conference on Science and the Web.
Life, Unbounded
Tick Tock: the connection between celestial mechanics and genetics
Astronomical Clock in Prague (Maros Mraz) Sitting below the swirling leaves and darkening skies of New York today I realized that yet again our planet is roaring up on perihelion at 30 kilometers a second...
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