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Moving in Sync Creates Surprising Social Bonds among People

Dancing, rowing and even finger tapping in unison unleash powerful forces in the brain that drive good feelings -- Read…

5 years ago

Do We Live in a Simulation? Chances Are about 50–50

It is not often that a comedian gives an astrophysicist goose bumps when discussing the laws of physics. But comic…

5 years ago

Magic Is (Literally) for the Birds

The magician climbs into the cage to perform a show for one. For this special event, he eschews coins and…

5 years ago

COVID Misinformation Is Killing People

The confluence of misinformation and infectious disease isn’t unique to COVID-19. Misinformation contributed to the spread of the Ebola epidemic…

5 years ago

Lab-Made ‘Miniproteins’ Could Block the Coronavirus from Infecting Cells

While the world waits for a COVID-19 vaccine, many researchers are focused on developing effective therapeutics that can be rolled…

5 years ago

How to Get Through This Election

In August, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was interviewed on the New York Times podcast The Daily, where he was asked…

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Trolling for Truth on Social Media

During the 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Seattle, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets with…

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Eight Persistent COVID-19 Myths and Why People Believe Them

○ 1 The virus was engineered in a laboratory in China. Because the pathogen first emerged in Wuhan, China, President…

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When a Journalist Becomes a Disinformation Agent

I am not the editor in chief of a propaganda farm disguised as a far-right breaking news outlet. But one…

5 years ago

Why So Many Americans Are Skeptical of a Coronavirus Vaccine

In the face of nearly seven million infections and 200,000 deaths, many Americans refuse to wear masks because they don’t…

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