Public Health
How a Remote Indigenous Community Fought the Pandemic
Thanks to a response based on local culture and values, India’s Nicobar islanders haven’t had a single infection during the nation’s horrific second wave
Opinion
Computing
The Question Medical AI Can’t Answer
It’s unable to tell us why it came to a particular decision—and that’s crucial information
Extraterrestrial Life
Harvard’s Avi Loeb Thinks We Should Study UFOs—and He’s Not Wrong
As a SETI scientist, I’m grateful that he has the freedom—and the guts—to go where few would dare to go
Behavior
Why So Many Young People Hate STEM Courses
Take it from someone who almost gave up on her dream of being a scientist
Public Health
The Crucial Vaccine Benefit We’re Not Talking about Enough
The vaccines not only prevent people from getting sick; they also cut down on transmission by those who get infected after immunization
Space & Physics
Learning to Live in Steven Weinberg’s Pointless Universe
The late physicist’s most infamous statement still beguiles scientists and vexes believers
Space & Physics
Announcing a New Plan for Solving the Mystery of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
The newly organized Galileo Project will use a three-pronged approach to replace unreliable eyewitness reports with reproducible scientific observations
Astronomy
Why an Asteroid Strike Is like a Pandemic
Both are low-probability but catastrophic events—and both can be mitigated if we act early enough
Cognition
Quantum Mechanics, Plato’s Cave and the Blind Piranha
Can we ever really know the world?
Climate Change
‘Advanced’ Nuclear Reactors? Don’t Hold Your Breath
With little hard evidence, their developers maintain they’ll be cheaper, safer and more secure than existing power plants
