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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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#SciAmBlogs Monday – belly button biodiversity, disease spread simulation, HIV dignity, coccaine vaccine, radioactive spiders, waxbows, newts, and more.
Yes, the Food Week is over, but that does not stop our bloggers from writing fascinating posts on a whole range of other topics! But first check out the new Best of the Blogs video: - Erin C...
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Mosquito Preference and Erotic Vomit! Best of the Blogs for August is Live
What a summer of love at Scientific American. It’s always difficult for me to select a small number of posts for the ‘Best of the Blogs’ video, because so many of them are so excellent...
PsiVid
Mosquito Preference and Erotic Vomit! Best of the Blogs for August is Live
What a summer of love at Scientific American. It’s always difficult for me to select a small number of posts for the ‘Best of the Blogs’ video, because so many of them are so excellent...
Absolutely Maybe
Robot Octopus Swims With Lifelike Arms [Video]
Yesterday’s uplifting emphasis at the quadrennial medical editors’ scientific meeting was bad research (“Bad research rising”). This morning’s motivational agenda focused on measuring some of the main techniques for jazzing up research results...
Absolutely Maybe
Academic spin: How to dodge & weave past research exaggeration
Yesterday’s uplifting emphasis at the quadrennial medical editors’ scientific meeting was bad research (“Bad research rising”). This morning’s motivational agenda focused on measuring some of the main techniques for jazzing up research results...
Guest Blog
New Revelations about the Biodiversity of Belly Buttons
When it comes to science, I have the patience of a rabid fox, trapped in a cage, in front of which a wounded rabbit is standing. My family, the folks in my lab and the need for sleep balance this nascent madness...
Guest Blog
New Revelations about the Biodiversity of Belly Buttons
When it comes to science, I have the patience of a rabid fox, trapped in a cage, in front of which a wounded rabbit is standing. My family, the folks in my lab and the need for sleep balance this nascent madness...
Context and Variation
New iPhone App Helps Parents Get the Right Vaccine Information
When I was pregnant with my daughter in 2007/2008, the anti-vaccine movement was strong and hadn’t been fully debunked. My daily – hourly – thoughts revolved around the fear of a C-section...
Context and Variation
New iPhone App Helps Parents Get the Right Vaccine Information
When I was pregnant with my daughter in 2007/2008, the anti-vaccine movement was strong and hadn’t been fully debunked. My daily – hourly – thoughts revolved around the fear of a C-section...
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Lasker Awards to Honor Neuroscience, Hearing and Philanthropy Work
Let the Nobel Prize watch begin. Two areas of major medical discovery and two leading public health philanthropists were announced this morning as the winners of the prestigious Lasker Awards...
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