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Vasily Grossman and the Plight of Soviet Jewish Scientists

Vasily Grossman and the Plight of Soviet Jewish Scientists

The Tragic Tale of the Physicist Lev Shtrum

By Alexandra Popoff and Tatiana Dettmer | May 29, 2019

Einstein and the Devastating Effects of WWI on Science

Einstein and the Devastating Effects of WWI on Science

How the Study of Physics Came to a Halt During the Great War

By Matthew Stanley | May 22, 2019

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

Climate change and the journalists who are trying to save you.

Climate change and the journalists who are trying to save you.

By Corinne Segal | May 1, 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

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

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From Northland to Underland, What We Risk Losing

From Northland to Underland, What We Risk Losing

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Nathaniel Rich on How the Consensus on Global Warming Was Lost

Nathaniel Rich on How the Consensus on Global Warming Was Lost

It Really Didn't Have to Be This Way

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Meet the Reclusive Woman Who Became a Pioneer of Science Fiction

Meet the Reclusive Woman Who Became a Pioneer of Science Fiction

The Amazing Stories of Clare Winger Harris

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What Do We Really Know About Animals' Emotions?

What Do We Really Know About Animals' Emotions?

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By Frans de Waal | March 12, 2019

Michael Moorcock on H.G. Wells, Reluctant Prophet

Michael Moorcock on H.G. Wells, Reluctant Prophet

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Your Skeleton Reveals More About You Than You Think

Your Skeleton Reveals More About You Than You Think

Bones Are... Weird

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Standing at Ground Zero for UFO Believers

Standing at Ground Zero for UFO Believers

A Scientist Studies Our Need to Believe in Aliens

By D.W. Pasulka | February 8, 2019

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