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April 29, 2020 — Clifford Brangwynne | Opinion Observations The Fight against COVID-19 Threatens to Cause Collateral Health Damage The pandemic is no excuse to abandon chronic disease management and prevention May 1, 2020 — Rachel Issaka | Opinion Recent Posts Select Topic Health Mind Sustainability Tech The Sciences Observations Bad Medicine Is Worse Than No Medicine History shows that advocating for a “cure” without evidence can be deadly—and it’s happening again 6 hours ago — Starane Shepherd | Opinion Observations Religion and Science in a Time of COVID-19: Allies or Adversaries? Despite what some believe, they can work effectively together June 11, 2020 — Sima Barmania and Michael J. Reiss | Opinion Observations Good News and Bad News about COVID-19 Misinformation The good news is that people don’t necessarily believe it. The bad news is that they don’t necessarily believe valid information about the pandemic either June 10, 2020 — Sarah Kreps and Douglas Kriner | Opinion Observations Beware of ‘Theories of Everything’ Nature is under no obligation to conform to our mathematical ideas—even the most brilliant ones June 9, 2020 — Avi Loeb | Opinion Observations Which Experts Should You Listen to during the Pandemic? It should be a no-brainer: your best bet is to follow those who have actual expertise June 8, 2020 — Nathan Ballantyne and David Dunning | Opinion Observations To Save the Climate, Look to the Oceans They can be a source of clean, renewable energy, sustainable food, and more June 8, 2020 — Ayana Elizabeth Johnson | Opinion Illusion Chasers Not the End of the Chase The illusion game is still afoot June 7, 2020 — Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik Voices Racism, Not Genetics, Explains Why Black Americans Are Dying of COVID-19 Some scientists and politicians have invoked baseless ideas about unknown genes, ignoring systemic inequality and oppression June 7, 2020 — Clarence Gravlee | Opinion Observations Why Would Anyone Distrust Anthony Fauci? It’s because Americans tend to believe in science, but they don’t always think scientists share their values June 7, 2020 — John H. Evans and Eszter Hargittai | Opinion Roots of Unity The Last Root of Unity It’s time to say goodbye to the blog June 7, 2020 | Opinion Advertisement 1 2 3 4 5 ... 2278 Next Blog Index @ScientificAmerican STAFF Behind the scenes at Scientific American Read Anecdotes from the Archive STAFF Read Anthropology in Practice Exploring the human condition. 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