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How Do We Reverse the Tide of an Anti-Science America?

How Do We Reverse the Tide of an Anti-Science America?

Lee McIntyre Wonders What's Next for the Philosophy of Science

By Lee McIntyre | May 21, 2019

As of Today, the Last Physical Object Used as a Standard of Measurement is No More

As of Today, the Last Physical Object Used as a Standard of Measurement is No More

As the Universal Kilogram Enters Retirement Cutter Wood Considers the Implications

By Cutter Wood | May 20, 2019

How the Bubonic Plague <em>Almost</em> Came to America

How the Bubonic Plague Almost Came to America

A Pompous Doctor, a Racist Bureaucracy, and More!

By David K. Randall | May 9, 2019

On the Importance of Getting the Science Right in Your Novel

On the Importance of Getting the Science Right in Your Novel

When the World of Fact Helps Fiction Do Its Job

By Andrea Rothman | April 26, 2019

On Early 20th-Century America's Unhealthy Fixation with 'Hygiene'

On Early 20th-Century America's Unhealthy Fixation with 'Hygiene'

Junk Science, Paternalism, and a Misplaced Faith in 'Expertise'

By Anne Harrington | April 25, 2019

How We Can Save the Honeybees

How We Can Save the Honeybees

A Professional Beekeeper Shares Some Ideas for Preventing the Insect Apocalypse

By Meredith May | April 22, 2019

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When the Animals Bust Out of a Small Town Zoo

By Carson Vaughan | April 19, 2019

Where Grizzly Bears and Hobby Farmers Come Face to Face

By Bryce Andrews | April 15, 2019

Nathaniel Rich on How the Consensus on Global Warming Was Lost

By Nathaniel Rich | April 11, 2019

Annie Proulx on Freewheeling<br> Nature Writer Ellen Meloy

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Nature Writer Ellen Meloy

"Some of the essays seem to have been written last week, so fresh are the topics."

By Annie Proulx | April 10, 2019

The Misunderstood Consequences of Electroconvulsive Therapy

The Misunderstood Consequences of Electroconvulsive Therapy

Mary Cregan on Doing Whatever It Takes to Deal with Depression

By Mary Cregan | April 8, 2019

Rumors of the 'Gay Gene' Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Rumors of the 'Gay Gene' Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

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How Do People Actually... Change?

How Do People Actually... Change?

Lori Gottlieb Examines One of the Harder Questions of Existence

By Lori Gottlieb | April 2, 2019

What Will Happen to the World as<br> Life Expectancy Goes Up?

What Will Happen to the World as
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The Population Bomb, Redux

By Paul Morland | April 1, 2019

The World is Wrecking Our Hearing and We're Letting It

The World is Wrecking Our Hearing and We're Letting It

On Studying—and Coping With—Tinnitus

By Mack Hagood | March 19, 2019

The Vulnerability of Home on an Afflicted Planet, From California to Calcutta

The Vulnerability of Home on an Afflicted Planet, From California to Calcutta

When Every Displacement is a Catastrophic Breach

By Torsa Ghosal | March 6, 2019

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