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A Crucial Step Toward Preventing Wildlife-Related Pandemics

As the world grapples with containing the spread and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, we must also act to address…

5 years ago

Keeping Schools Closed Next Fall Could Worsen Science’s Diversity Problem

Out of necessity, local school systems worldwide have reacted quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic by transitioning education for young people…

5 years ago

Readers Respond to the February 2020 Issue

SURGICAL DISCRETION As an M.D., I'd like to applaud Claudia Wallis's review of the ISCHEMIA and CABANA trials of treatments…

5 years ago

Why COVID-19 Makes People Lose Their Sense of Smell

One morning a few weeks ago I was chatting with my friend Horacio, a mathematician in the New York City…

5 years ago

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: June 2020

1970 Gene Switches “How are genes controlled? All cells must be able to turn their genes on and off. For…

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Tougher Building Codes Would Avert Major Losses, FEMA Study Shows

A first-of-its-kind study by the Federal Emergency Management Agency shows that modern building codes are averting $1 billion a year…

5 years ago

Coronavirus News Roundup, June 6-June 12

The items below are highlights from the newsletter, “Smart, useful, science stuff about COVID-19.” To receive newsletter issues daily in…

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Why Racism, Not Race, Is a Risk Factor for Dying of COVID-19

COVID-19 is cutting a jarring and unequal path across the U.S. The disease is disproportionately killing people of color, particularly…

5 years ago

For Scientific Institutions, Racial Reconciliation Requires Reparations

Amidst protests and conversations on racism following several instances of police violence, scientific institutions are reevaluating their approach to dealing…

5 years ago

Soot Rule Thrusts EPA into Spotlight on Race

EPA published a proposal in the Federal Register yesterday that critics described as an assault on minority communities coping with the public…

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