"In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning." —Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for…
As an astronomer, I am accustomed to observing the cosmos in quiet places. But since the start of self-isolation, it’s…
As people across the U.S. and the rest of the world contend with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the research community…
Last month, an eternity in COVID-19 time, I indulged in some wishful thinking. I predicted that the virus would lead…
This is Scientific American’s Science Talk, posted on April 24th, 2020. I’m Steve Mirsky. And under our current, often locked-down…
Many of the people dying in the novel coronavirus pandemic appear to be harmed more by their own immune system…
So you think you may have COVID-19, and you want to get tested. Your first problem might be finding a…
Originally published in April 1906 Credit: Scientific AmericanAdvertisement “The full horror of the devastation which last week swept San Francisco…
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About 4 billion people around the world are under lockdown to help stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. Given…