‘Air Towel’ Ends Public Health Menace
Originally published in July 1914 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A Crucial Step Toward Preventing Wildlife-Related Pandemics
We need to reform the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup, June 6-June 12
Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Soot Rule Thrusts EPA into Spotlight on Race
Air pollution disproportionately impacts minority communities and proposed changes would stymie efforts to address the disparity -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Why Racism, Not Race, Is a Risk Factor for Dying of COVID-19
Public health specialist and physician Camara Phyllis Jones talks about ways that jobs, communities and health care leave Black Americans more exposed and less protected -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Handheld Ultrasound Devices Are Speeding Diagnosis of COVID-19
Doctors can triage and monitor patients faster—and sometimes more accurately—with the aid of the pocket-size machines -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Helping Kids Cope With COVID Worries
The psychological state of children may need special attention during COVID impacts and isolation. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Tear-Gassing Protesters During An Infectious Outbreak Is ‘A Recipe For Disaster’
Some scientists call for police to stop using the chemical irritants, which could increase the risk of spreading COVID-19 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Biggest Psychological Experiment in History Is Running Now
What can the pandemic teach us about how people respond to adversity? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup, May 30-June 5
Here are pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup, May 30-June 5
Here are pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Biggest Mystery: What It Will Take To Trace The Coronavirus Source
SARS-CoV-2 came from an animal, but finding which one will be tricky—as will laying to rest speculation of a lab escape -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The New Science of Lockdowns
Alternating intervals at home and at work provide the best means of balancing safety while preserving the economy -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
So How Deadly <em>Is</em> COVID-19?
We still don’t know, and it doesn’t really matter right now; it’s plenty deadly -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A Civil Rights Expert Explains the Social Science of Police Racism
Columbia University attorney Alexis J. Hoag discusses the history of how we got to this point and the ways that researchers can help reduce bias against black Americans throughout the legal system -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Racist Roots of Fighting Obesity
Prescribing weight loss to black women ignores barriers to their health -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com