
Nurses Are Playing a Crucial Role in this Pandemic—as Always
The profession’s contributions to improving the public’s health during times of crisis date back to the days of Florence Nightingale
Opinion, arguments & analyses from guest experts and from the editors of Scientific American
The profession’s contributions to improving the public’s health during times of crisis date back to the days of Florence Nightingale
The potential dangers of this technology are great enough that we need to be very careful about how powerful we allow it to be
The “cosmic censorship” hypothesis says they shouldn’t exist—but is it possible that we’ve already detected them and misinterpreted their nature?
Empathy is a complex trait, like courage or height. Inevitably, some individuals inherit fewer pro-empathy genes than average...
Here are pandemic news highlights for the week
The crisis shows the need for public health authorities to get creative in their communications
And there could be more on the way
The pandemic is no excuse to abandon chronic disease management and prevention
Call it the Science Readiness Reserves—a group that will anticipate and prepare for rare but disastrous events such as pandemics, asteroid strikes, and more
An outbreak in Italy in the 1630s forced him to find new ways of doing his research and connecting with his family