The COVID-19 pandemic is, first and foremost, a health crisis. However, it is rapidly becoming an economic one too. This is not, of course, the first global economic crisis. However, this time it is different. The 20th century experienced the 1929 Wall Street crash and the 1973 oil-price shock, as well as numerous regional crises […]
Climate change is testing Earth’s limits. It’s altering weather patterns, intensifying natural disasters and breaking temperature records left and right. Eventually, many parts of the world may settle into a “new normal” as climate conditions shift beyond anything the planet has experienced in human history. That could be devastating for the planet’s ecosystems. A grave study warns […]
Research on positive psychology may help prevent burnout Credit: Scientific American MIND, May 2020 Advertisement In the past several weeks I’ve often wondered what Bruce McEwen would make of the current state of the world. McEwen was a neuroscientist and endocrinologist at the Rockefeller University who spent his career studying how stress impacts the brain. […]
Is there a link between climate change and COCID-19, and should we be worried about other infectious diseases? We know climate change is having widespread impacts on our health, including by worsening illnesses ranging from seasonal allergies to heart and lung disease. But what do we know about how climate change affects infectious diseases? Here […]
Fibers twisted together to form string might not sound like bleeding-edge technology. But with string, or cordage, one can make bags, nets, rope and clothing. We use it to lace our shoes, floss our teeth, suspend bridges, transmit electrical power—the list goes on and on. Naturally, archaeologists have been eager to trace the origins of […]
A handful of venture capitalists are taking big financial risks in hopes of even bigger rewards — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com Source link
Originally published in June 1904 Credit: Scientific American Advertisement “The flying machine invented by Orville and Wilbur Wright, which made a successful flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C., last December, had another trial near Dayton, Ohio, on May 26, which the brothers say was successful. Great secrecy was maintained about the test, and but few witnessed […]
Music, like mathematics, is a universal language. We can communicate a variety of emotions and themes that touch the very depths of our soul with the vigorous movement of air through a trumpet or the tender touch of fingers on a keyboard. Musicians (both professional and amateur) are at a unique advantage because they not […]
Students studying to become physicians were sent home as the COVID-19 pandemic worsened. Just as many of them were about to begin new medical careers, they found themselves on the sidelines during the most significant health crisis in their lifetime. That time off has not been passed binge-watching Tiger King, however. Some students have volunteered […]
“You know, the other day we had a bright, sunny day as we do today in New York, after many days of gloomy darkness and cold. And I went outside to get some milk and saw the streets were full of people. And they were all young people who’d somehow gotten the message that this is […]