To build trust with traditionally underserved groups, health officials need to craft their messaging in a much more culturally sensitive way | Continue reading
I'm an astrophysicist, but that doesn't mean I have a motivation to debunk them | Continue reading
An astrophysicist traces genealogy and art history to discover the origin of the famous motto | Continue reading
Blood tests that find malignancies before they spread could transform our approach to treatment | Continue reading
Our health care systems must be agile enough to ensure women have a safe pregnancy and childbirth even under the pressures of COVID-19 | Continue reading
Neither is ideal; the best option is to temper your negative emotions by focusing on positive ones | Continue reading
The potential dangers of this technology are great enough that we need to be very careful about how powerful we allow it to be | Continue reading
The profession’s contributions to improving the public’s health during times of crisis date back to the days of Florence Nightingale | Continue reading
The potential dangers of this technology are great enough that we need to be very careful about how powerful we allow it to be | Continue reading
The best way to have a good death is to live a good life | Continue reading
The “cosmic censorship” hypothesis says they shouldn’t exist—but is it possible that we’ve already detected them and misinterpreted their nature? | Continue reading
The “cosmic censorship” hypothesis says they shouldn’t exist—but is it possible that we’ve already detected them and misinterpreted their nature? | Continue reading
There's a scene in the 1988 movie Rain Man in which Raymond Babbitt (played by Dustin Hoffman) recites a waitress's phone number. Naturally the waitress is shocked. | Continue reading
Creating poetry with the fundamental theorem of arithmetic | Continue reading
These are startling times, but there's a way out | Continue reading
The pandemic has revealed the disadvantages of laissez-faire governance and advantages of centralized control | Continue reading
Empathy is a complex trait, like courage or height; inevitably, some individuals inherit fewer pro-empathy genes than average | Continue reading
Mystery of dirt’s origins is a thorny experimental problem | Continue reading
Mystery of dirt’s origins is a thorny experimental problem | Continue reading
And there could be more on the way | Continue reading
Pandemic news highlights for the week | Continue reading
The crisis shows the need for public health authorities to get creative in their communications | Continue reading
The former are actual numbers; the latter are inflated statistical estimates | Continue reading
And there could be more on the way | Continue reading
The pandemic is no excuse to abandon chronic disease management and prevention | Continue reading
Call it the Science Readiness Reserves—a group that will anticipate and prepare for rare but disastrous events like pandemics, asteroid strikes and more | Continue reading
An outbreak in Italy in the 1630s forced him to find new ways of doing his research and connecting with family | Continue reading
They think it makes them look weak, and avoiding that is evidently more important to them than demonstrating responsible behavior | Continue reading
Lessons COVID-19 has taught us | Continue reading
Making handwashing a meditative practice can help us focus on humanity’s interconnectedness with the environment | Continue reading
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 | Continue reading
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 | Continue reading
Dozens of tests with unknown accuracy have flooded the U.S. thanks to a move by the FDA that loosened restrictions | Continue reading
Many would, but it depends on what organizations are distributing them | Continue reading
The former are actual numbers; the latter are inflated statistical estimates | Continue reading
Here’s what I’ve learned as an oceangoing research scientist | Continue reading
Exploring the natural world can be restorative to mental health | Continue reading
We don’t know how the coronavirus may affect women and men differently, which prevents us from delivering appropriate and personalized care | Continue reading
Perron-Frobenius theorem and linear algebra have many virtues to extol | Continue reading
Perron-Frobenius theorem and linear algebra have many virtues to extol | Continue reading
How do you return a piece of asteroid to Earth? Practice | Continue reading
Resilience and strength can often be attained through unexpected routes | Continue reading
In a time of social distancing, looking to the skies might bring people closer together | Continue reading
People who smoke tobacco or marijuana; vape; or use opioids or methamphetamine may be at higher risk of serious disease | Continue reading
Pundits hope the pandemic will lead to more humane government policies but fear darker outcomes | Continue reading
Here are pandemic news highlights for the week | Continue reading
The suffering will be unimaginable | Continue reading