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It's Time for Scientists to Stop Explaining So Much
Research shows that more facts don't necessarily lead to changed minds, but my colleagues have a hard time accepting it
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Public Health
Why Don't Bats Get Ebola?
They're infected with the virus, but it causes them no harm—and the same goes for more than 60 other pathogens they transmit to humans, often with lethal effect
The Sciences
STEM Student Spotlight: Olivia Walch
"Math takes over when language exhausts itself”
Neurology
There's No One-Size-Fits-All Way to Treat Autism
Families face myriad choices—and not all of them have been shown to be effective
Conservation
East of Siberia: Tigers and the Art of Persuasion
A Scottish veterinarian recounts an uncomfortably close encounter with a very big cat
Conservation
Cuba’s Underwater Paradise Could Be a Model for Sustainable Tourism
The fact that Fidel Castro was an avid scuba diver and spear fisherman has helped keep the island's coral reefs some of the healthiest on Earth
Policy
Have the Ethical Questions Surrounding Cloning Changed Since Dolly?
The controversies remain, and new concerns have emerged, but cloning for therapeutic purposes will ultimately be accepted
Conservation
New U.S. Regulations on Ivory Sales Are Great--but They Don't Go Far Enough
The U.S. should also ban the importation of all trophies from elephant hunting
Policy
Failure in Science Is Frequent and Inevitable--and We Should Talk More about It
There’s nothing glamorous about a dead end. But that doesn't mean we should bury them
Engineering
How Nobel Laureates' Work Leads to New Technology
Smartphones, GPS and energy-efficient lighting are just a few of the innovations that originally came from work that was often purely theoretical
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