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The Man Who Delayed D-Day

The eminent oceanographer Walter Munk reflects on science and war.

May 8, 2020

What Goes On in a Proton? Quark Math Still Conflicts With Experiments.

Two ways of approximating the ultra-complicated math that governs quark particles have recently come into conflict, leaving physicists unsure what their decades-old theory predicts.

May 8, 2020

Sugary Camouflage on Coronavirus Offers Vaccine Clues

In the fight against viruses and other pathogens, scientists are looking beyond genes and proteins to the complex sugars, or glycans, on cell surfaces.

What’s Missing in Pandemic Models

Philosophy is needed to put the science of COVID-19 in perspective.

May 6, 2020

Galileo the Science Publicist

Scientists putting their lives on the line can take heart from a great astronomer.

May 6, 2020

How Science Trumps Denial

Scientists putting their career and health on the line can take heart from Galileo.

May 6, 2020

Don’t Fear the Robot

I invented Roomba and assure you, robots won’t take over the world.

May 5, 2020

We Aren’t Selfish After All

In turbulent times, people go from “me” thinking to “we” thinking.

April 29, 2020

Guided by Plant Voices

Plants talk to this ecologist. They tell her how to do better science.

April 29, 2020