Ignoring Science during a Pandemic Is Poor Leadership
The U.S. president’s hostility to expertise puts us all in danger -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Cows Slaughtered to Prevent Lung Disease
Originally published in April 1860 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Early Coronavirus Immunity Data Fuel Promise for a Vaccine
Researchers found COVID-19 infection produces a strong T cell response. Here’s why they say that is good news -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Grief in the Time of COVID-19
We can’t visit the dying in hospitals, and we can’t gather for funerals—but technology can lessen the pain -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus Pandemic Threatens to Derail Polio Eradication–but There’s a Silver Lining
COVID-19 has stifled the world’s largest immunization program. Yet polio’s vast workforce is also helping in the fight against the new disease -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Malaria Mosquitoes Biting Before Bednet Time
Mosquitoes that like to bite at night are being thwarted by bednets, leading to the rise of populations that prefer to bite when the nets aren't up yet. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Malaria Mosquitoes Biting Before Bednet Time
Mosquitoes that like to bite at night are being thwarted by bednets, leading to the rise of populations that prefer to bite when the nets aren't up yet. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Online COVID-19 Dashboard Calculates How Risky Reopenings and Gatherings Can Be
A new tool gauges the danger that someone may be infected with COVID-19 in groups of different sizes -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus Vaccine Trials Have Delivered Their First Results–But Their Promise Is Still Unclear
Scientists urge caution over hints of success emerging from small human and animal studies -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How the Coronavirus Has Changed Animals’ Landscape of Fear
The pandemic lockdowns are providing a window into how a wariness of humans uniquely shapes other species’ behavior -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Global CO2 Emissions Saw Record Drop During Pandemic Lockdown
The decline shows how far there is to go to curtail greenhouse gases over the long term -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Global CO2 Emissions Saw Record Drop During Pandemic Lockdown
The decline shows how far there is to go to curtail greenhouse gases over the long term -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Hello, I’m Your Doctor. Please Go Home
We need to get patients out of the hospital as quickly as possible if we want them to heal -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Human Viruses Can Jump into Animals, Too–Sowing the Seeds of Future Epidemics
“Reverse zoonosis” may foster the right conditions for the next COVID-19 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Why History Urges Caution on Coronavirus Immunity Testing
Snorting powdered smallpox scabs and jumping into the beds of those freshly dead from yellow fever. Humanity has gone to extreme lengths in search of immunity before. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Addressing the Coronavirus’s Outsized Toll on People of Color
U.S. scientists say that better data, testing and hospital preparedness are key to tackling the significant racial disparities -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com