At some point in your life, you will likely experience the anxiety of sitting in a hospital room, waiting for…
Editor’s Note (9/8/20): This article has been updated and republished in light of findings suggesting a higher rate of COVID-19…
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The designation “mountain man” conjures an image of a rough, bearded, possibly grimy white man living ruggedly and adventurously amid…
George Floyd could not breathe. Like one hundred thousand other Americans, he gasped horribly for air before his world went…
When a craft sinks or goes missing at sea, search-and-rescue teams often rely on computer models to determine where to…
J.B.S. Haldane, one of the founders of modern evolutionary biology theory, was reportedly asked what it would take for him…
J.B.S. Haldane, one of the founders of modern evolutionary biology theory, was reportedly asked what it would take for him…
It seems that science has lost, and politics won, in the battle against COVID-19 here in the United States. A…
Edited by Dava Sobel They sent out a dove: it wobbled home, wings slicked in a rainbow of oil, a…