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Chloroquine Hype Is Derailing the Search for Coronavirus Treatments

People with COVID-19 who arrive at the Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition in Mexico City to…

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Will Americans Be Willing to Install COVID-19 Tracking Apps?

The role of technology in tracking the spread of COVID-19 continues to expand, along with global efforts to flatten the…

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‘Teaching Machines’ Needed to Educate Growing Population

Originally published in December 1958 Credit: Scientific AmericanAdvertisement “Can teaching be mechanized? B. F. Skinner, professor of psychology at Harvard…

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How the COVID-19 Pandemic Could End

We know how the COVID-19 pandemic began: Bats near Wuhan, China, hold a mix of coronavirus strains, and sometime last…

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The Coronavirus Pandemic Puts Children at Risk of Online Sexual Exploitation

In an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, schools around the country have closed. We’ve experienced expected consequences: students…

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Comparing COVID-19 Deaths to Flu Deaths Is Like Comparing Apples to Oranges

In late February, when the stock market was beginning to fall over coronavirus fears, President Donald Trump held a briefing…

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Where Is Everybody Else in the Universe?

Guest host Wayt Gibbs talks with Jason Wright, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Pennsylvania State University's Center for Exoplanets…

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Removing 1 Million Homes from Flood Zones Could Save $1 Trillion

The U.S. could save more than $1 trillion over the long term by removing roughly 1 million homes from flood-prone…

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Self-Isolation? I'm an Expert

Here’s what I’ve learned as an oceangoing research scientist -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com Source link

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How Sustainable Development Ravaged the Congo Basin

In the pitch-black darkness, sitting on the forest floor with our bodies so close that we touch, we sing, each…

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